Open Questions: The Cardiovascular System
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Recommended references: Web sites
Site indexes
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Galaxy: Cardiovascular Diseases
- Categorized site directory. Entries usually include
descriptive annotations.
Sites with general resources
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- U. S. government agency responsible for research into
the circulatory system.
Surveys, overviews, tutorials
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Category: Cardiology
- Topic category from
Wikipedia.
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Cardiology
- Article from
Wikipedia.
See also:
Circulatory system,
Cardiovascular disease,
Artery,
Heart,
Coronary heart disease,
Ischaemic heart disease,
Atherosclerosis,
Myocardial infarction,
Cerebrovascular accident,
Blood pressure,
Arterial hypertension.
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Atherosclerosis
- Brief page of information on atherosclerosis, by the
American Heart Association, with links to information on
related topics at the same site.
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Cardiovascular Disease and the Endothelium
- Good article for a general audience by Jeffrey Porro.
Explains the pathology of atherosclerosis and provides a list of
suggested readings.
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Sudden Cardiovascular Death
- Summary article by
Ben Best. The author has a longer, detailed survey:
Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
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The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on
Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood
Pressure
- Online report sponsored by the U. S. National Institutes of
Health.
Index.
Part of the
NCBI Bookshelf.
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Controlling Hypertension
- September 1996 article from the
Archives of Internal Medicine, subtitled
"A Research Success Story". Focuses on success of the use of
antihypertensive drugs in reducing deaths from stroke and
heart attack.
Recommended references: Magazine/journal articles
- Atherosclerosis: The New View
Peter Libby
Scientific American, May 2002
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- Atherosclerosis
David P. Hajjar; Andrew C. Nicholson
American Scientist, September-October 1995, pp. 460-467
- Researchers are gaining an understanding of the cellular and
molecular basis of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
This understanding should soon lead to improved therapies for the
disease.
Recommended references: Books
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