- American Heart Association - Dedicated to providing you with education and information on fighting heart disease.
- AHA Heart Profilers - Make informed treatment decisions with American Heart Association’s free decision support tools.
- American Stroke Association - Dedicated to providing you with education and information on fighting stroke.
- Blood Pressure Log - This site offers a free online journal allowing users to record, track, chart and share their blood pressure readings with their healthcare provider.
- Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation - The Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF) was established in 2002 with the purpose of supporting research and education on pediatric cardiomyopathy (HCM, DCM, RCM, ARVD in children under age 18 years). CCF offers a family listserve, directory, biannual newsletter as well as other support services and patient materials to families with children with cardiomyopathy or families who have lost children to the disease.
- Health6.com -
Health6.com is a
comprehensive health directory.
- Health-Mart.net - The health information site for comparative hospital performance data.
- Heartbeat Victoria, Inc. - A support group for cardiac patients in Australia.
- HeartFailureInfo.com
- This site is designed to provide people living with heart failure
access to basic information on heart failure and its symptoms, causes
and management options.
- HeartCare Cardiac Support Group (UK) - Based at the James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
- MEDLINEplus Health Information - A service of the National Library of Medicine | National Institutes of Health.
- National Early Defibrillator - A not-for-profit information resource center whose mission is to foster optimal immediate care for victims of sudden cardiac arrest by providing leadership, expertise and information related to early defibrillation.
- National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) - A health information and Federal publication referral service that provides a gateway to women's health information from other government agencies, public and private organizations, and consumer and health care professional groups. 1-800-944-WOMAN, TDD 1-888-220-5466.
- One Valve for Life - An educational resource on heart valve selection provided by St. Jude Medical.
- Seconds Count
- The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, or
SCAI, is the primary professional association for invasive and
interventional cardiologists, physicians who diagnose and treat
cardiovascular disease and congenital and structural heart conditions
through catheter-based procedures, such as angioplasty and stenting.
Seconds-Count.org is the centerpiece of SCAI’s public education
initiative designed to inform patients and their families, as well as
referring healthcare professionals, about cardiovascular disease and
its treatments.
- STS Patient Information - This Society of Thoracic Surgeons Web site is designed to provide information about diseases treated by Thoracic Surgeons including coronary artery disease; abnormalities of the great vessels and heart valves; birth defects of the chest and heart; tumors in the organs contained in the chest cavity; and transplantation of the heart and lungs.
Financial
Aid/Prescription Assistance
- Partnership for
Prescription Assistance - The Partnership
for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical
companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy
organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack
prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or
private program that’s right for them. Many will get them free or
nearly free. Its mission is to increase awareness of patient assistance
programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible. Through this
site, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance offers a single point
of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance
programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical
companies. To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by
phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).
- Free Meds and Solutions - The focus at Free Meds and Solutions is to provide you and your loved ones with programs that will assist you in your continuous effort to save or eliminate prescription medicine costs as well as a number of associated assistance programs. The site is designed to assist in accessing the 100’s of Patient Assistant Programs. They provide up-to-date information, qualifying criteria, applications and detailed instructions for these programs.
- Heart Support of America - Heart Support of America provides direct financial assistance to heart disease victims and their families that do not have the resources for the treatment and care they need. HSA grant programs do not just include medicines and other medical expenses, but meals, transportation and other assistance as well.
- Hill-Burton Free Medical Care Program - Hospitals and other health care facilities receive Federal funds for construction or modernization under the Hill-Burton Program. In return, these facilities provide a specific amount of free or below cost health care services to eligible people. Contact the program for a list of participating facilities as well as information on eligibility.
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