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We've surfed the web so you don't have to.  Here is a list of useful cardiology resources on the World Wide Web.  If you have a link that you think should be included here, please send it to us.

Angioplasty PTCA Home Page
The Angioplasty / Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Home Page is an extensive non-commercial source of information on interventional cardiology. PTCA's mission is to provide substantive support to medical professionals and patients, to present the latest news on ground-breaking technologies and treatments for heart disease, and to provide a forum for discussion of controversial issues in healthcare and medical innovation.

Cathlab.com
Cathlab.com includes interactive media and databases linked to education, companies, classifieds, a chat room for health professionals, a calendar of international events, publications, and organizations in cardiology.

Cvtoolbox.com
Cvtoolbox.com is the most comprehensive cardiovascular management tool website in the world.

Emory University MedWeb
MedWeb has an extensive, easy-to-use index of cardiology information. It provides an alphabetical listing of cardiology-related links such as conferences, case studies, clinical trials, educational and professional resources, journals, and more.

The Heart: An Online Exploration
Designed by the Franklin Institute and Unisys, this site allows students and patients to discover the complex development and structure of the heart through a large photographic gallery. Tutorials follow pathology of heart diseases, the history of heart science, and provide links to external resources and activities.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) online provides search engines to help you locate abstracts and selected full-text articles from past issues, the Elsevier Medical Journals database, and Medline.

MedNets Cardiology Databases
This international research site allows you to search over 50 cardiology-related databases.

Thomson Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals
Thomson's study identifies the best-performing hospitals in the United States for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG or "open-heart surgery") and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA or "coronary angioplasty").

U.S. National Library of Medicine
The National Library of Medicine provides a variety of web resources pertaining to heart disease, including links for research, treatment, organizations, children, seniors, and women. También hay links a sitios en español.