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Patient education

• A website for your patients
• Heart diagrams
• CHD overview
• Risk factors
• Heart attack signs
• High blood pressure
• Cholesterol
• Hormone therapy
• Weight loss tips
• Dietary change
• Exercise and behavior change
• Smoking
• Diabetes
• Pregnancy and preeclampsia
• Related health problems
• Spanish language materials
• Organizations and online resources

Handouts to print out for your patients and other resources

A website for your patients

• The Heart Truth Campaign Consumer Website - This site contains many resources for patients about cardiovascular disease in women.

Heart diagrams

• The Heart (Front View)
• Causes of Coronary Artery Disease
• Heart Attack Causes
• Coronary Angioplasty

CHD overview

• If You Have Heart Disease Fact Sheet (PDF, 270 KB)
• An Action Plan (PDF, 221 KB)
  • An Action Plan for African American Women (PDF, 377 KB)
  • An Action Plan for Latinas (PDF, 226 KB)
• Filipino and Vietnamese Resources
• Native American/Alaska Natives Resources
• The Heart Healthy Handbook for Women, NIH Publication No. 05-2720
• 10 Year Heart Attack Risk Calculator (Calculator not for use by diabetics)
• 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor
• For Your Heart Patient Survey

Risk factors

• Risk Factors for Heart Disease

Heart attack signs

• Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs (PDF, 175 KB)
• Actúe Rápido Frente a los Síntomas de un Ataque al Corazón (PDF, 357 KB) (Spanish)
• Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs Campaign Website

High blood pressure

• Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure
• Take Steps — Prevent High Blood Pressure! / ¡Póngase en acción — prevenga la alta presión! (PDF, 404 KB) (English and Spansih)

Cholesterol

• High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know
  • PDF version (PDF, 196 KB)
• Protect Your Heart — Lower your blood cholesterol! / ¡Proteja su corazón — baje su colesterol! (PDF, 426 KB) (English and Spanish)

Hormone therapy

• Menopause and Hormones
• Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Heart Disease
• Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy (NIH Publication Number 05-5200)
  • Order form
  • Download (PDF, 536 KB)

Weight loss tips

• Tips to Weight Loss Success (PDF, 107 KB)
• Aim for a Healthy Weight

Dietary change

• My Pyramid Food Guidance System Website (English, Spanish)
• Menu Planner
• Portion Distortion Quiz
• Sample Reduced Calorie One Day Menus for Various Cuisines
• Sample 7 Day Menu for a 2000 Calorie Food Plan (PDF, 75 KB)
• Food Exchange List
• Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) (NIH Publication Number 03-4082) (PDF, 978 KB)
• Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes/ Platillos Latinos, ¡Sabrosos y Saludables! (NIH Publication No. 96-4049) (PDF, 3 MB) (English and Spanish)
• Heart-Healthy Home Cooking African American Style (PDF, 3.4 MB)
• Keep the Beat Health Recipes (NIH Publication No. 03-2921) (Cookbook)

Exercise and behavioral change

• Guide to Physical Activity (PDF, 43 KB)
• Stay Active and Feel Better! / ¡Manténgase activo y siéntase bien!(PDF, 316 KB) (English and Spanish)
• Guide to Behavioral Change (PDF, 28 KB)

Smoking

• Kick the Smoking Habit! / ¡Rompa con el hábito de fumar! (PDF, 409 KB) (English and Spanish)

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association (English and Spanish)

Pregnancy and preeclampsia

• High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

Related health problems

• Other Heart Diseases
• NHLBI Diseases and Conditions Index

Spanish language materials

• Actúe Rápido Frente a los Síntomas de un Ataque al Corazón (PDF, 357 KB) (Spanish)
• Take Steps — Prevent High Blood Pressure! / ¡Póngase en acción — prevenga la alta presión! (PDF, 404 KB) (English and Spansih)
• Protect Your Heart — Lower your blood cholesterol! / ¡Proteja su corazón — baje su colesterol! (PDF, 426 KB) (English and Spanish)
• Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes/ Platillos Latinos, ¡Sabrosos y Saludables! (NIH Publication No. 96-4049) (PDF, 3 MB) (English and Spanish)
• Stay Active and Feel Better! / ¡Manténgase activo y siéntase bien!(PDF, 316 KB) (English and Spanish)
• Kick the Smoking Habit! / ¡Rompa con el hábito de fumar! (PDF, 409 KB) (English and Spanish)
• La Diabetes

Organizations and online resources

• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute – Medical alerts, professional and general health related information, and research and training information for investigators and students, as well as information on The Heart Truth Campaign.
• Heart Truth E-Zine – Subscribe to The Heart Truth E-Zine, NHLBI's quarterly electronic publication for the public that provides new information about heart disease research, upcoming events, heart healthy recipes, and campaign news.
• American Diabetes Association – Provides information about nutrition, exercise, prevention, research, advocacy, and community programs. (English and Spanish)
• American Heart Association – Provides information about heart disease and stroke in women.
• National Women's Health Resource Center – What is heart and cardiovascular disease? Do women really need to worry about heart and cardiovascular disease?
• My Pyramid – A food guidance system to help Americans to make healthy food choices and to be active every day.
• The American Legacy Foundation - Join the Circle – The leading cause of preventable death in American women is tobacco-related disease. Support mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and girlfriends trying to quit smoking.
• FamilyDoctor.org – Information for women about heart disease and heart attacks from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• MayoClinic.com – Women have historically lagged behind men in heart disease prevention and awareness - but not in deaths. See how the tide is turning, and what you can do to protect your own heart health.
• WebMD – WebMD provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
• Women's Heart Foundation – Provides information on women's heart disease and wellness information, gender-specific care and interventions for women with heart disease.
• HeartHealthyWomen.org – The online source for information on heart disease in women.
• Heart health and stroke – Information on heart disease and stroke from womenshealth.gov.

Content last updated April 1, 2008.

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