| Cardiothoracic Surgery Network: Extensive resources on cardiothoracic issues, organizations, surgeons, journals. Special section includes case histories, image and video gallery, forum and related discussions. |
| Aztec Heart Inc.: Information from the makers of a harness for bypass patients that may help provide decreased pain, lower infection rates, quicker healing time, and easier breathing. |
| CardioGenesis Laser Therapies for Angina and Heart Disease Patients: Surgical laser therapies for the treatment of severe angina pectoris and advanced cardiovascular disease through Transmyocardial Revascularization (TMR) and Percutaneous Myocardial Revascularization (PMR). |
| Cardiovascular Pathology Index: Images of pathology specimens of the heart and blood vessels. |
| Cleveland Clinic Heart Center: Provides information about the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, their surgeons, and surgical conditions treated. Includes details for patients and physicians including surgical outcomes. |
| Development of the Human Heart: Includes extensive text and images. Provided by the Loyola University Medical Education Network. |
| EuroSCORE Cardiac Surgery Index: A method of calculating predicted operative mortality for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Provides an interactive calculator, allowing patients to work out their own risk for heart surgery, and information about the index and references. |
| Evansville Heart Center: Multimedia cardiovascular surgery/cardiology site with medical images, audio and video. Offers a prosthetic heart valve gallery. |
| Florida Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates: Located in Jacksonville, Florida has prepared a patient oriented website on open heart bypass surgery. Interactive e-mail dialogue is available with the practice's healthcare professionals. |
| Heart Disease Guide at About.com: A resource library of categorized links on heart disease and surgery. The sections on heart surgery contain a list of the best sites around the web in heart surgery. |
| Heart Echoes: Includes a powerpoint presentation of echoes of the heart as seen by Trans Esophageal Echocardiogram. |
| Heart Surgery Patient Guide: Includes an introduction, information on heart transplant, minimally invasive bypass, conventional bypass and heart valve surgery, things you should do and other data such as non-invasive treatment options. |
| HeartNet: A network of individuals and organizations committed to improving the quality of cardiac care in the developing world. Has information on membership, resources, and a discussion forum. |
| Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at New York University: The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery offers valve and coronary artery bypass surgery patients a range of surgical options, including minimally invasive, still heart and beating heart techniques. |
| Mitral Valve Surgery: Information about a robotic mitral valve repair heart program in Greenville, North Carolina. |
| NetPharmacology Cardiovascular Lecture Notes: The hypertext lecture notes are based on handouts used at the University of Utah in courses for pharmacy students and medical students. |
| Preview The Heart: Interactive tour of the heart. From the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. |
| Project Open Hearts: A non-profit organization that works with foreign medical staff to provide first-hand surgical training, assistance with diagnostic procedures and consultations. Lists needs, volunteer information and past projects and goals. |
| PS4Ross: Of interest to both doctors, and patients, content includes operative photos, animation and video regarding the Ross Procedure and Dr. Stelzer. |
| Sleepinghearts.com: Presents information about cardiac surgery including frequently asked questions. |
| Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery: Informative site for surgery of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels. Includes physician profiles, procedure descriptions and videos, and results for cardiac surgery procedures. |
| Yale: Cardiac Anatomy and Imaging: Images, interactive graphics, case studies of cardiac anatomy. |
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