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54th Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology
 http://ptcommunity.com/ptjournal/fulltext/30/4/PTJ3004219.pdf   Added: 07/10/2005, 05:05 March 2005.

6th Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias
 http://www.tmc.edu/thi/cmeonline_ca05.html   Presentations from the 6th Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias New Pharmacologic and Interventional Strategies. Presented on Feb 19, 2005. requires Windows Media Player.

AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients
 http://www.acc.org/clinical/guidelines/arrhythmias/sva_index.pdf   Full text article from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines.

AHA Scientific Session - 2004
 http://www.ptcommunity.com/ptjournal/fulltext/30/1/PTJ3001052.pdf   Meeting Highlights of the American Heart Association 2004 session.

Acute Heart Failure - Guidelines of European Society of Cardiology - 2005
 http://www.escardio.org/NR/rdonlyres/CBA6844E-56D7-43B4-B0FB-6A4FAF0C0E98/0/AHFFullTextFVFWehi117170205.pdf   Full Text PDF Article.

American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation guide to warfarin therapy
 http://www.guidelines.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=5361   Guidelines Clearinghouse Article.

Basic Cardiovascular Physiology
 http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/anesthesiology-elective/cardiac/basicphys.cfm   Basic tenets of cardiovascular physiology which are relevant to invasive cardiac monitoring.

Blood Product Administration Policy
 http://vumcpolicies.mc.vanderbilt.edu/E-Manual/Hpolicy.nsf/0/ea43e2224a6a59e7862569260063848a?OpenDocument   From Vanderbilt University.

Blood Types Tutorial
 http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/blood_types/Intro.html   from Arizona Biology Department.

Cardiac Allograft Pathology
 http://tpis.upmc.edu/tpis/heart/HPathOvr.html   Full text HTML Format from the University of Pittsburg.

Cardiac Multimedia Presentations.
 http://www.sentara.com/heart/heart_multimedia.htm   Presentations available in Windows Media, Flash, or Quicktime formats.

Cardiovascular Notes Part I
 http://www.gc.edu/Library/e_reserves/TeamNursing/rnsg1443_Sp04/Cardiac1.pdf   Added: 07/22/2005, 21:16 from Galveston College School of Nursing.

Catheter–Related Infections-Guidelines for the Prevention
 http://www.shea-online.org/Assets/files/position_papers/hicpac_catheter.pdf   Full text article from INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY December 2002.

Central Venous Pressure Waveforms
 http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/anesthesiology-elective/cardiac/cvpwave.cfm   From the University of Virginia.

Chronic Stable Angina - ACC/AHA 2002 Guideline Update
 http://www.utmem.edu/cardiology/articles/stable%20angina%2002%20guidelines.pdf   Guidelines for management of patients with chronic stable angina -2002. Full Text.

Congestive Heart Failure - IV Medicaations.
 http://www.chfpatients.com/inotropes.htm   from CHFPatients.com.

Congestive heart Failure - CHF
 http://www.gc.edu/Library/e_reserves/TeamNursing/rnsg1443_Sp04/CHFpart2.pdf   Added: 07/22/2005, 21:16 from Galveston College School of Nursing.

Coronary Disease and Renal Failure
 http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/140/1/9.pdf   The Prevalence of Nontraditional Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease - Annals of Internal Medicine 6 January 2004.

Deep Leg Vein Thrombosis - Treatment Guidelines
 http://www.australianprescriber.com/magazines/vol21no3/vein_thrombosis.htm   From the Australian Prescriber.

Diagnosis of Cardiac Arrhythmias
 http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/cardiology/segments/arr_diagnosis.htm   Diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias at Cleveland Clinics. Good full text article.

EKG Library
 http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html   Excellent illustrations of normal and abnormal caridac rhythms.

Heart Sounds Auscultation
 http://www.tmc.edu/thi/heart-sounds1.html   Added: 07/20/2005, 01:42 Listening to heart sounds from the Texas Heart Institute.

Heart Sounds Lab
 http://www.familypractice.com/heartlab/heartlab.htm   Excellent Heart Sounds from FamilyPractice.com. Requires JAVA plugin.

Hemorragic Shock - Guidelines
 http://sogc.medical.org/sogcnet/sogc_docs/common/guide/pdfs/ps115.pdf   Added: 07/07/2005, 04:08 Full Text Article

High Blood Pressure
 http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/289.19.2560v1   The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. JAMA May 2003. Full Text.

Hypertension Guidelines- (DOC File)
 https://courses.washington.edu/theralab/winter/week4htn/htnassessguidelines.doc   Hypertension guidelines in word format from the University of Wachington

HypertensionGross Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
 http://www.cardiovascular.cx/   Added: 07/25/2005 Free online text book.

Inherited Cardiomyopathies - Molecular Mechanisms of
 http://physrev.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/82/4/945   Added: 07/11/2005, 18:55 Physiological Reviews Full Text.

Interferon Protects against Chronic Viral Myocarditis
 http://ajp.amjpathol.org/cgi/content/full/165/6/1883   Added: 07/19/2005, 00:02 from The American Journal of Pathology 2004.

Mechanical Support of the Failing Heart
 http://www.tmc.edu/thi/cmeonline_aha04m.html   Audio Visual presentations the texas Heart Institute. May 2005. Requires Java.

Medicine Net
 http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp   Primarily for lay persons but with good general information on almost any condition.

Myocardial Infarction - Pathology
 http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/MYOCARD/MYOCARD.html   Added: 07/10/2005, 05:46 Brief Tutorial from the University of Utah. Lots of microscopic and real images.

Pericardial Disease
 http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/cardiology/pericardial/pericardial.htm   From Cleveland Clinics

Role of Immune Mechanisms in Myocarditis
 http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/Immunology/Students/Spring2003/Ho/home.html   Added: 07/18/2005, 23:57

Shock - Notes
 http://www.gc.edu/Library/e_reserves/TeamNursing/rnsg1443_Sp04/SHOCK-PPtoWord205.pdf   Added: 07/22/2005, 21:35 from Galveston College School of Nursing.

Shock
 http://www.ccmtutorials.com/cvs/index.htm   Tutorials in Critical Care Medicine.

Signs and Symptoms of Cardiac Tamponade
 http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/cardiology/segments/ct_signs.htm   From Cleveland Clinics.

Stem Cell Therapy For the Treatment of Heart Disease
 http://www.tmc.edu/thi/cmeonline_stem_cell_therapy.html   Added: 07/20/2005, 02:48 Audio Visual presentations the texas Heart Institute. May 2005. Requires Java.

Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book
 http://www.med.yale.edu/library/heartbk/   Added: 07/25/2005 Free online text book.