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Scirus http://www.scirus.com/?c a free search engine that locates scientific information on the Internet. Scirus delivers relevant search results because it focuses on scientific information only, indexes complete documents, searches the whole Web including access-controlled sites, and reads non-text files like PDF. At this stage Scirus covers more than 60 million science related pages from the Web as well as membership sources such as ScienceDirect, MEDLINE on BioMedNet, Beilstein on ChemWeb and Neuroscion. This is only the beginning - Scirus aims to include more databases in the near future. National Library of Medicine, USA http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ Free, searchable access to MedLine and other indexes of the journal archive of the National Library of Medicine. Some full-text articles available, depending on policies of the original publishers. An essential literature-search tool. Also has excellent patient education material (MEDLINEplus), a patient-oriented national database of clinical trials, links to molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequence and 3-D structure data, and access to other NLM databases. Highly recommended. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, lists of trials, patient education Reuters Health Information Services http://www.reutershealth.com/ Free registration allows online access to news stories about medicine, health, and science, including Reuters Medical News for physicians and Health eLine for consumers. Also offers a searchable drug database. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, news, internal search engine Cardiosource http://www.cardiosource.com Largest cardiology site on the web for clinical materials. An Elsevier flagship, featuring 12 major journals with abstracts, full text, and PDF formats. Superb database of clinical trials in cardiology, a unique collection of proceedings abstracts, and the Heart Surgery Forum discussion group as HTML pages. Access: Registration with fee Features: discussion forum, large on-line medical database, lists of trials, news TCTMD.com http://www.tctmd.com Impressive new site includes a database of clinical trials on interventional procedures, up-to-date information on new 510(k) and PMA approvals in interventional cardiology and interventional vascular medicine (from FDA databases), extensive product information, reports on important presentations made at major meetings, literature reviews, and a number of multimedia sections. Audio-based case studies with video animations of the findings from imaging studies, a series of presentations with a self-assessment exam section, downloadable slides, and much more. Matrix-style navigation lets users search either by clinical topic or by type of presentation. This site is "an outgrowth of the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, which is sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation." An international contributing faculty oversees the content. Access: Free with registration Features: case studies, large on-line medical database, lists of trials, audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, news, internal search engine Medscape Cardiology http://www.medscape.com/Home/Topics/cardiology/cardiology.html Searchable medical database with many cardiology pages. Includes drug information, summaries of past conferences, interactive educational features, treatment guidelines, information on managed care, and links to useful references including journals and article, physicians, and a trials database. Some functions and full text requires registration, which is free. A lot of material. Access: Free with registration Features: cme, case studies, discussion forum, free full text articles, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, news, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms, email to users Article Archive http://www.medscape.com/px/viewindex/more?Bucket=Articles&Specialty=2 Browse the most current cardiology articles. theheart.org Cardiology online http://www.theheart.org/ Editor-in-chief: Eric Topol MD - The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Access: Free with registration Features: theheart.org offers a dynamic and comprehensive communication tool respecting the criteria set forth by the community of interventional cardiologists. It benefits from a number of modules in order to offer members and visitors alike a profusion of previously non-existent functions in this field: directories, discussion groups, information groups, information and news, access to search engines, databases, CME. etc ::::: RESOURCES > USING THE LINKS DATABASE ::::: Links to external websites in cardiology Underused features of www.theheart.org Did you know that there are close to 400 links to external websites in cardiology and its related specialties, all available to you through a searchable database? And that we have REVIEWED each of these websites in detail, so that you will have a good idea of what is to be found there? To see this wealth of web-based specialist information, go to Services in the left menu, and then click "WEBLINKS". The next screen displays the search interface. If you do not enter any filters and simply click the "Search" button, you will get a full list of all external links. Each link is described by relevant information - free access or not, what type of content is found there, which organization created the site, whether there are multimedia features, discussion boards, newsletters, a search engine, and so on. To see a more focused list, use the filter fields provided. You can search by type of organization, type of features you'd like to find, or by textword. The textword utility searches all words in all displayed fields and returns all matches without prioritizing. Any list may be easily printed out. Click the PRINT icon at the top of the page and generate your own catalog of web-based medical information. Not to be missed! Merck Medicus http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/index.jsp The Lancet/theheart.org present Duke Cardiology Series 2000-2002 http://cme.cybersessions.org This series of one-hour, internet-based, CME-accredited programs offers presentations by key thought leaders on controversial issues in cardiovascular medicine (latest developments in areas such as interventional cardiology, acute coronary syndromes, imaging, and the treatment of chronic coronary disease.) The Duke Cardiology Series 2000 remains a stimulating educational initiative designed to disseminate clinical information to practicing physicians and to promote the practice of evidence-based medicine. Conference Summaries 2012 > Syllabus ACC Clinical Statements / Guidelines ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with chronic
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ACC Current Journal Review http://www.cardiosource.com/journal/journal?sdid=4874 Access: No registration required American Heart Journal http://www.medscape.com/viewpublication/129_index A free electronic version of the print journal dating back to May of 1997. The purpose of AHJ is to provide the reader with primary investigation, scholarly review, and opinion concerning the practice of cardiovascular medicine and to emphasize the economics of medical care and the organization of the cardiovascular practice. Access: Registration required Free selected American Journal of Cardiology http://www.cardiosource.com/journal/journal?sdid=4876 Major journal published several times per month. Access: No registration required Features: email to users Annals of Emergency Medicine http://www.acep.org/library/index.cfm/id/22 Monthly journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Table of contents available on this site. Paid online subscriptions with full-text articles are available at www1.mosby.com. Abstracts are free. Access: No registration required Annals of Internal Medicine http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/annaltoc.htm Twice-monthly journal of the American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine. Highly regarded. Featured articles are published in full text online, but in printer-unfriendly format. One-paragraph summaries of other articles. Print subscription is US $119 per year, online subscription is via the Ovid system. Access: No registration required Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology http://atvb.ahajournals.org/ An American Heart Association journal. Excellent free online presentation, with full texts and abstracts available for all material, and easy links to Medline. Highly useful. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles Atherosclerosis http://www.elsevier.com:80/inca/publications/store/5/2/2/7/9/0/ Published monthly by the European Atherosclerosis Society. Available online at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Reference lists include fast hyperlinks to Medline abstracts of the cited articles. Access: No registration required Features: email to users British Medical Journal http://www.bmj.com/ This site contains the full text of all articles published in the weekly BMJ from January 1995 onwards, plus materials unique to the website. Access to the entire site is free. Table of contents available via email. Friendly versions for printers and citation manager programs, lots of links. As good as it gets. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, email to users Canadian Journal of Cardiology http://www.pulsus.com/CARDIOL/home.htm Site offers tables of contents and abstracts, in English and in French, from this monthly journal published by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Pulsus Group. Efficient searching of abstracts is available to all users and online full text (in PDF) to subscribers. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Cardiology Today -- Current Issue http://www.slackinc.com/general/cardio/cardcurr.htm http://www.cardiologytoday.com/ Cardiosource http://www.cardiosource.com Largest cardiology site on the web for clinical materials. An Elsevier flagship, featuring 12 major journals with abstracts, full text, and PDF formats. Superb database of clinical trials in cardiology, a unique collection of proceedings abstracts, and the Heart Surgery Forum discussion group as HTML pages. Access: Registration with fee Features: discussion forum, large on-line medical database, lists of trials, news Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00270/index.htm Journal of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE). Abstracts available free online, full PDF texts to print subscribers only (one-week free trial is possible). Site is very slow, and the Springer-Verlag subscription process is very laborious. The same search engine searches all Springer journals. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Cardiovascular Pathology http://www.elsevier.com:80/inca/publications/store/5/2/2/7/5/0/ Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. No online searching or abstracting provided, but tables of contants and author names may be browsed. Access: No registration required Cardiovascular Research http://www.elsevier.com:80/homepage/sab/cardio/ The Journal of the European Society of Cardiology. Searching and abstracts available online. Available online at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Reference lists include fast hyperlinks to Medline abstracts of the cited articles. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI) http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc?ID=10005205 Cath lab Digest http://www.cathlabdigest.com A product, news and clinical update for the cardiac catheterization specialist. Access: No registration required Features: Free Full text Articles, News, Educational corner Chest http://journals.chestnet.org/chest/ http://www.medscape.com/ACCP/chest/public/chest-journal.html Free selected articles Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. Site provides searching and abstracts free of charge, links to other ACCP journals, and subsciption information. Electronic text not available. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine. Free selected Full Text articles at www.medscape.com Circulation http://circ.ahajournals.org/ AHA journal site. Searching and abstracts available online, full text requires a paid subscription. Subject browsing available by browsing category headings. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Circulation Research http://circres.ahajournals.org/ A journal of the American Heart Association. Searching and abstracts available online, full text requires a paid subscription. Subject browsing under construction. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Clinical Cardiology - Peer Reviewed Journal http://clinical-cardiology.org/ Current Opinion in Cardiology http://www.biomednet.com/library/car An online general cardiology journal published in association with BioMedNet. Last online issue is dated November 1997. Searching and abstracts are offered without charge, full text requires a paid subscription. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine CVI - Online http://www.cvi-online.com/ European Heart Journal http://www.hbuk.co.uk/wbs/ehj/mainmenu.htm Journal of the European Society of Cardiology. Searching and abstracts available free, full text online is available in IDEAL, Academic Press' online journal library. Access: No registration required Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine http://www.churchillmed.com/Journals/EBCVM/jhome.html Concise and easy to read journal aims to help clinicians to combine the best external evidence from systematic research with individual clinical expertise to make effective decisions about patient treatment and care. For each issue key articles are selected from the literature and reviewed in the form of a structured abstract and expert commentary. Searching and abstracts availble free, full text online will soon be available in IDEAL, Academic Press's online journal library. Access: No registration required Free Medical Journals Site (The) http://www.freemedicaljournals.com An AMADEO site dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet. Titles available include: American Family Physician, Anesthesiology, Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Saudi Medicine, British Medical Journal, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cardiology Today, Chronic Diseases in Canada, Current opinion in cardiology, DiabetologNytt (Swedish), European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, General Medicine, JAMA, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Medical Journal of Australia. Searchable by specialty and language. Also has a journal database giving statistics on readership impact. Well done! Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, indexed links Heart http://www.heartjnl.com/ Browsing, searching and abstracts are free, full text requires a subscription. Has a useful search tips section. Free online sample is available to view. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine HeartBeat -- Bulletin of the WORLD HEART Federation http://www.worldheart.org/heartbeat/ A quarterly journal of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology dating back to August of 1996. The Scientific Council's activities include: Cardiac rehabilitation in Asia, Symposium on congenital heart disease, and Epidemiology & Prevention. Other articles in a recent issue include Localization and Production of AII in the Heart and Right Bundle Branch Block. HeartWeb http://www.heartweb.org/heartweb/index.htm Searchable electronic cardiology journal. Also offers an online discussion forum and meeting lists. Access requires registration, which is free. Includes a "Pulse Generator Database" with specifications on over 1160 pacer models. Access: Free with registration Features: cme, discussion forum, internal search engine Herz http://www.bnk.de/herz.htm A peer reviewed online journal for physicians. Comprised of review articles in English and German providing up-to-date and comprehensive information concerning relevant aspects of the speciality topic of each issue. Published by the German Federation of Cardiologists in Private Practice. Tables of contents easily browsable, no keyword, subject or author search. Access: No registration required HighWire Press http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl Links to listed journals and provides free access to full-text articles, with internal search. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine International Cardiology Abstracts http://www.bestmdsite.com/abstracts/abstracts-cardiology-home.html A free, online journal of cardiology abstracts prepared by a retired McGill University cardiologist and professor. Tables of contents of past issues include titles and short summaries of topics, for browsing. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles International Journal of Cardiology http://www.elsevier.com:80/inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/4/1/ Table of contents searchable by author and by keyword category. Available online at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Reference lists include fast hyperlinks to Medline abstracts of the cited articles. Access: No registration required International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions http://www.dunitz.co.uk/cgi-bin/index2.cgi?journal=3 Peer-reviewed quarterly journal launched in 1998, covering new developments in interventional cardiology. Online edition and free journal search available, subscription requires paying a fee. Access: No registration required Italian Heart Journal http://www.italheartj.org Journal of Endovascular Surgery http://www.jevsurg.org/ Official publication of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery (ISES), with an international, multidisciplinary scope. Abstracts and author/subjects index are available online free, print copy requires a paid subscription or fee per back issue, full text online not available. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Journal of Endovascular Therapy http://www.jevt.org/ Journal of Interventional Cardiology http://www.futuraco.com/jic.htm Official Journal of the International Society of Cardiovascular Interventionists (ISCI). Print journal, available by paid subscription. Table of contents may be browsed online, but online abstracts and searching from within the website are not provided. Access: No registration required Journal of Invasive Cardiology http://www.medscape.com/viewpublication/101_index Provide articles in one, focused, definitive source for cardiologists, surgeons and radiologists to keep up-to-date on advancements in this rapidly changing field. Access: Registration required Features: Free selected Full Text articles Journal of the American College of Cardiology http://www.cardiosource.com/jacc.html Browsing, searching, abstracts and internally indexed full text are all free. Links to other ACC sites and other cardiology journals. Available online at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Reference lists include fast hyperlinks to Medline abstracts of the cited articles. Access: No registration required Features: internal search engine Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) http://jama.ama-assn.org/ Searching, browsing and abstracts are free. Many online full text articles available. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery http://www.mosby.com/Mosby/Periodicals/Medical/JTCS/tc.html Free access to searching, browsing and abstracts. Access to full-text articles is via paid subscription or pay-per-article. Access: No registration required Journal of Vascular Research http://www.karger.ch/journals/jvr/jvr_jh.htm Free table of contents, browsing and searching. A few electronic supplements are free, but most online text requires a paid subscription. This journal is also available via the BioMedNet site in a more visually pleasing format. Access: No registration required Journal Watch - Cardiology http://www.jwatch.org/card/ Digest of major cardiology journals, published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Links to Medline and NEJM. Access: No registration required Lancet http://www.thelancet.com/ Table of contents of current and back issues may be searched and browsed free. Available online in a more visually pleasing format at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Reference lists include fast hyperlinks to Medline abstracts of the cited articles. Access: No registration required New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/content/index.asp Searchable table of contents and abstracts are available to all users; full text online requires a subscription. Access: No registration required Online Journal of Cardiology http://www.mmip.mcgill.ca/heart/index.html A nonprofit, peer-reviewed, free online journal published from McGill University. Includes review articles, case reports, editorials, images, online tutorials with video clips, peer reviewed articles. Partially driven by patients' heart-related questions. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, job postings, audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, news Remedica - Intervention on line http://www.remedica.com/irm/ Intervention on-line. Intervention (previously Interventional Radiology Monitor). In the last few volumes, have been published articles on a broad range of topics, all of which are provided on-line - please follow the Leading Articles link. Forthcoming issues will include articles on: 1) the role of GPIIb/IIIa antagonists in PVD 2) day case interventional procedures 3) upper limb ischaemia Access: Free. Registration required Remedica - Intravascular Imaging http://www.remedica.com/ii/ Intravascular Imaging is designed as a guide to the now extensive but often dispersed literature on intravascular imaging available to interventional physicians. Each issue features regular review articles on intravascular imaging techniques and summarize breaking news at the major international cardiology meetings. Section on intravascular ultrasound, coronary flow and pressure, angioscopy, and coronary arteriography. Access: Free. Registration required Remedica - Carotid Interventions http://www.remedica.com/carotid/ This web site (and its accompanying journal) has been developed to provide a guide to developments in the rapidly expanding field of carotid intervention. Contents: up-to-date review articles on important topics by opinion leaders from around the world meetings and symposia reports giving you rapid access to the key findings presented at the key international meetings and congresses a calendar of forthcoming meetings (to which you can add details of your own meetings). Access: Free. Registration required Remedica - Stent http://www.remedica.com/stent/ This web site (and its accompanying journal) has been developed to provide a guide to developments in the rapidly expanding field of coronary stenting. Contents: up-to-date review articles on important topics by opinion leaders from around the world. The Portfolio section comprising case reports accompanied by detailed discussion and analysis meetings and symposia reports. Access: Free. Registration required Remedica - Vascular Radiotherapy Monitor http://www.remedica.com/vrm/ This web site (and its accompanying journal) has been developed to provide a guide to developments in the rapidly expanding field of vascular radiotherapy. Contents: reviews on world scientific literature for significant and important articles on vascular radiotherapy. Access: Free. Registration required Remedica - ACS Online http://www.acs.remedica.com/ Access: Free. Registration required Seminars in Interventional Cardiology http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/siic/ A topical, research-based review journal reporting on biological challenges, technical innovations, and advances in clinical applications advancing the development of interventional cardiology. In addition, the journal interprets trends in treatments/techniques and their impact on hospital administration. Searching and abstracts are free, full text online is not available. Access: No registration required Features: ethics/legal/management information Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis http://cardiology.medscape.com/thieme/STH/public/STH-journal.html Thieme Medical Publishers Access: Free. registration required Features: free full text articles Stroke http://stroke.ahajournals.org/ An American Heart Association (AAHA)journal. Access to one full text article can be obtained for 24 hours for $5.00. Access: No registration required Thrombosis Research http://www.elsevier.com:80/inca/publications/store/3/6/9/ Bimonthly journal disseminating original research on thrombosis, hemostasis, and fibrinolysis. Table of contents available by email. Available online at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Reference lists include fast hyperlinks to Medline abstracts of the cited articles. Access: No registration required Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine http://www.elsevier.com:80/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/7/8/2/ Monthly print journal providing reviews on the application of genetic and molecular advances to the development of new prognostic, diagnostic, and therapeutic strategies for heart and vascular diseases. Available online at Cardiosource, with a choice of "summary plus", full text, and PDF formats. Table of contents available by email. Access: No registration required
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Manual of Interventional Trials http://www.tctmd.com/clinical-trials/list.html Access: Registration required CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service Clinical Trials in Cardiology http://www2.umdnj.edu/~shindler/trials.html An alphabetically classified list of cardiology clinical trials, maintained by a physician from the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey. Current through 1999, gives some bibliographic references. Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials ClinicalTrials.gov http://clinicaltrials.gov NIH database of 4000+ clinical trials with mission of "linking patients to research". Lists all NIH and some other trials by disease category, name, and sponsor. Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials, patient education Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine http://cvm.controlled-trials.com/ Online journal edited by Curt Furberg and Bertram Pitt "offers continuous publication of commentaries, reviews and trial papers, as well as systematic reports and abstracts of cardiovascular trials published throughout the literature". Actively solicits contributors and reviewers. Innovative, dynamic internet journalism - bravo. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles
American College of Cardiology (ACC) http://www.acc.org/ Home site of the American College of Cardiology, packed with high-quality information for both specialists and non-specialists. Comprehensive, relatively easy to navigate, and most pages recently updated. News summaries. Important guidelines section with full text in PDF format of many guideline documents, consensus statements, training and competence statements, clinical alerts, and so on. Also features the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR) TM. Premier cardiology site on the web for professional issues. Highly recommended. Selected parts are available to ACC members only. Access: No registration required Features: cme, ethics/legal/management information, free full text articles, job postings, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, audio/video clips, news, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms, internal search engine American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) http://www.chestnet.org/ Home of the American College of Chest Physicians. Excellent services for members, including CME, treatment guidelines, publications, job openings, even tapes of past ACCP meetings (!). Caution: not all items are up-to-date. An excellent and unusual list of links on end-of-life issues. Recommended overall. Access: No registration required Features: discussion forum, free full text articles, lists of meetings, lists of trials, audio/video clips, news, treatment guidelines/algorithms, email to users, indexed links, internal search engine American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) http://www.acep.org HAs a section form members only, including online access to The Annals of Emergency Medicine. Many useful downloadable resources available. Access: No registration required Features: cme, ethics/legal/management information, lists of meetings, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP - ASIP) http://www.acponline.org/ Website offers extensive resources for education, ethics, career and other member services, and a link to the Annals of Internal Medicine. Access: No registration required Features: cme, discussion forum, ethics/legal/management information, job postings, lists of meetings, news, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms, email to users, indexed links, internal search engine American College of Radiology (ACR) http://www.acr.org/ Most sections are for members only (committess, commissions, ACR bulletin, resource guide, membership directory). ACR publications and educational products are for sale. Access: No registration required Features: job postings American Heart Association (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/ A massive site for both AHA members and the general public. Especially strong on patient education, perhaps the best mainstream source on the Web. Complete information on upcoming scientific sessions for MDs, together with reseach programs and how to obtain grants. A wealth of publications, guidelines, and statistics available online. Highly recommended for both its public and professional faces. Access: No registration required Features: cme, ethics/legal/management information, free full text articles, job postings, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, medical images/drawings/slides, news, patient education, research opportunities, treatment guidelines/algorithms, indexed links, internal search engine American Medical Association (AMA) http://www.ama-assn.org Huge site of physician and patient information, with site map and search engine. Particularly strong on membership, legal, institutional, training, and practice questions. Its "doctor finder" and "hospital finder" searches are probably the best anywhere. Authoritative. Access: No registration required Features: ethics/legal/management information, free full text articles, job postings, large on-line medical database, news, patient education, research opportunities, treatment guidelines/algorithms, indexed links, internal search engine American Stroke Association (ASA) http://www.strokeassociation.org/ A division of the American Heart Association (AHA). News by Reuters, statistics (integrated with AHA's). Access: No registration required Features: news, patient education, research opportunities, treatment guidelines/algorithms Argentine Federation of Cardiology / Federacion Argentina de Cardiologia http://www.fac.com.ar/ English and Spanish language site. Federation of regional cardiology societies, with a full range of committees. Conducts virtual internet congresses (next one Nov 2001). Full-text of the Journal of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology and abstracts from Congresses of the FAC online. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, lists of meetings Brazilian Society of Cardiology / Sociedade Brazileiria de Cardiología http://www.cardiol.br/default.asp Large Portuguese-language site. Contains extensive information for patients, online EKGs, email and home page services for members, selected abstracts highlights, chat and discussion forums, and regional chapter information. Access: No registration required Features: cme, discussion forum, formal education, lists of meetings, medical images/drawings/slides, patient education, research opportunities, treatment guidelines/algorithms, email to users, internal search engine Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology (CAIC) http://www.caic.com/ Member services for the CAIC. Open to others with free registration. Clinical news, meetings, trials, web links, and special materials on reperfusion, revascularization, and restenosis. Most are also found at www.intervent.org. Access: Free with registration Features: discussion forum, job postings, lists of meetings, lists of trials, news Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) http://www.car.ca/ Bilingual French and English site, with a 4-star rating by Healthnet Canada for its content and design. The guidelines section is especially useful. Access: No registration required Features: cme, treatment guidelines/algorithms Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) http://www.ccs.ca/ Member services for the CCS, including clinical information, "CCS Online", meetings, slide shows, news by Heartwire, and a nice list of links. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, lists of meetings, medical images/drawings/slides Canadian Medical Association (CMA) http://www.cma.ca/ Bilingual English and French site includes a searchable database of clinical practice guidelines produced or endorsed in Canada and many other resources for physicians. Online free full text from several journals available, including the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) and Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS). Disussion forum for physicians. Access: No registration required Features: discussion forum, free full text articles, lists of meetings, treatment guidelines/algorithms Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) http://www.cirse.org/ Combines the former European College of Angiography (ECA) and European Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (ESCVIR). Includes the Foundation for Interventional Research and Education (FIRE). Some sections restricted to members only. A patient information section is in development. Access: No registration required European Society of Cardiology (ESC) http://www.escardio.org Excellent site covering the work of the Society, including its publications and the Euro Heart Survey. The "Scientific and clinical information" section is particularly strong. Full info on XXII Congress in Amsterdam, August 2000. Site navigation is innovative, very attractive, and fast. A pleasure to visit. Includes subsections on ESC Task Forces and Working Groups. Access: No registration required Features: cme, case studies, lists of meetings, news, treatment guidelines/algorithms, internal search engine European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) http://www.esmrmb.org/ Society aims to support educational activities and research. Organizes basic and advanced courses in MRI. Membership directory accessible to members only. Links to the journal Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine (MAGMA). Access: No registration required Features: formal education, lists of meetings International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/medicine/athero/ias/ Site offers applications for the IAS Fellowship program, an oline (PDF)newsletter and links to Atherosclerosis. Access: No registration required Features: lists of meetings, news Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists / Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri (ANMCO) http://www.anmco.it/ Bilingual Italian - English site of this Italian federation of regional cardiologists' associations. Members listed by region. Searching and abstracts in English and Italian of the "Italian Journal of Cardiology". Many Itlalian-language course listings. Access: No registration required Features: lists of meetings, treatment guidelines/algorithms ISCAT (International Society of Carotid Artery Therapy) http://www.iscat.org/ The International Society of Carotid Artery Therapy (ISCAT), was founded in January 1998. A group of world renowned interventional cardiologists, interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons concluded that an organization was needed especially to promote education and standards in the field of carotid artery therapy..... by Michel Henry, MD Access: Registration with fee Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society (PVSS) http://www.pvss.org/ Website of a "national forum for young peripheral vascular surgeons specifically trained in the diagnosis, non-operative and operative management of peripheral vascular disorders" Access: No registration required Features: cme, discussion forum, lists of meetings RSNALink http://www.rsna.org/ Website of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Navigation is a bit disorganized, but offers lot of solid educational material including case studies with images, interactive quizzes, online radiology journals with full text form certain issues, the RSNA index to medical imaging literature, and many external links (the "launch pad"). Access: No registration required Features: cme, medical images/drawings/slides, patient education, internal search engine Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiología Intervencionista (SOLACI) http://www.solaci.org Spanish language site for interventional cardiology. Includes member lists for each of 20 Latin American member countries and a decent list of links, but not much else. Sponsored by Cordis. Access: No registration required Società Italiana di Cardiologia Invasiva (GISE) http://www.gise.it Italian language site for interventional cardiology. Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) http://www.scai.org/ Fee based society (non US/Canada members and affilliates pay higher fees). Full text of SCA&I News available online to all visitors. The SCAI Registry collects and provides benchmarking data for cardiovascular invasive and interventional procedures. The SCAI Laboratory Survey Committee provides comprehensive, candid reviews of the catheterization laboratory and/or interventional programs. Access: No registration required Features: ethics/legal/management information, free full text articles Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) http://www.scmr.org/ Site has a bulleting board, list of the society's and other meetings, and a link to the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Educational resources include case studies and a magnetic resonance atlas, with more planned. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, lists of meetings, medical images/drawings/slides, news Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) http://www.scarnet.org Promotes cooperation among engineers and those involved in practical applications of computer technology in radiology. Offers a series of courses (SCAR University) held during society meetings. Promotes adoption of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) technology and applications. SCAR members receive the Journal of Digital Imaging and have access to an expert hotline. Full text of SCAR news available online to all visitors. Other SCAR publications for sale. Access: No registration required Features: formal education, free full text articles, lists of meetings, news Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (SCVIR) http://www.scvir.org The SCVIR is a "professional society for physicians who specialize in interventional or minimally invasive procedures." Provides information about research grants, educational materials, the SCVIR database, a fellowship directory, and various services associated with HI-IQ, a computerized patient and resource management system designed for SCVIR members. Educational material for sale. Good consumer/patient section. "Case club" and discussion board for members of the SCVIR. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, discussion forum, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) http://www.sicp.com An organization for cardiac catheterization laboratory professionals. Site provides the SICP newsletter, information about conferences, standards for lab accreditation and education, links to invasive cardiology journals, and information on SICP positions on regulatory, ethical and employment issues. Access: No registration required Features: lists of meetings, internal search engine Spanish Society of Cardiology / Sociedad española de Cardiogía (SEC) http://www.secardiologia.es/ Very comprehensive and attractive site offers numerous Spanish language and other resources to cardiologists. Some sections require registration and membership in the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Provides online full-text from the Revista Española de Cardiologia, a Spanish-language review journal; links to Spanish language and other resources; detailed summaries of clinical trials results; information about research grants available; information and bulletins of the Fundación Española del Corazón and much more. Access: No registration required Features: cme, free full text articles, job postings, lists of meetings, lists of trials, medical images/drawings/slides, patient education, research opportunities, treatment guidelines/algorithms
Angiogenesis Research Center (ARC) http://angiogenesis.bidmc.harvard.edu/ Program of Harvard University Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconness Medical School "designed to discover and understand the basic mechanisms underlying blood vessel formation (angiogenesis) in the heart and to develop new therapies for treatment and prevention of ischemic heart disease". Bibligoraphies, descriptions of research underway, descriptions of patents, trial enrollment information for patients and referrals for MDs. An imaging section is in development. Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials, patient education, research opportunities Arizona Heart Institute Foundation http://www.azheart.com/ Lists physicians by location, online newsletter. Access: No registration required Features: lists of meetings, news, patient education Cleveland Clinic - Heart Center http://www.ccf.org/heartcenter Provides information on cardiology research and treatment activities at the Cleveland Clinic. Includes an excellent educational section on Echocardiography. Access: No registration required Features: cme, case studies, formal education, audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, patient education Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/ Searchable database of FDA publications, hearings, meetings, calendar of events, and policies. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has useful sections on many aspects of drug development and review and an acronym list. There is also a section on bioengineered foods. Information is available for a wide range of audience categories. Access: No registration required Features: ethics/legal/management information, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, patient education, research opportunities, internal search engine Midwest Institute for Interventional Therapy (MIIT) http://www.miit.com/ Site lists ongoing research projects and educational projects. Basic organization of site is not easy to grasp, but you can locate a number of interesting slide and text presentations (apparently from past MIIT conferences) via key word search. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, free full text articles, lists of trials, medical images/drawings/slides, internal search engine National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ Provides information about the research and educational activities of the NHLBI, a part of the US Federal Government's National Institutes of Health. Linked to the NIH home page. Provides full text of numerous publications. Interesting subsites include the new Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure, with separate sections for health professionals, media, consumers, and community organizers; the Cholesterol interactive site for consumers, and the NHLBI CLinical Trials Database. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, patient education National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA http://www.nih.gov/ Includes the calendar of NIH events, press releases, special reports, and employment information, information on grant applications and NIH research training and contracts, and news on NIH labs, groups, journals, a centralized trials registry for patients (www.clinicaltrials.gov), patient information, and other resources. Linked to the National Library of Medicine. Access: No registration required Features: job postings, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, lists of trials, patient education, research opportunities, internal search engine Stanford Interventional Cardiology http://cvmed.stanford.edu/interventional/home.htm Provides an overview of treatments offered and clinical trials underway in several disease and therapeutic categories at Stanford University Medical Center's Interventional Cardiology department, as well as a small product listing. Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials, patient education UCSF Division of Cardiology, Research Activities http://cardio.ucsf.edu/research/ Guides users to various sections of UCSF's research and educations sites including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, experimental fluoroscopy, and intravascular ultrasound. Has a medical fellows matching program. Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials, medical images/drawings/slides, research opportunities World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.org/ Easily searchable website of this important international organization devoted to promoting global health. Lists and describes WHO publications, including several clinical guidelines pertaining to cardiology. Access: No registration required Features: large on-line medical database, treatment guidelines/algorithms, internal search engine
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Angioplasty Links Page http://www.renc.igs.net/~bpessin/ This page contains links to WebSite which will be of interest to those who wish to be informed about Angioplasty. Access: No registration required Features: images, newsgroups, links which can be used to acquire information about angioplasty. Most sites have additional links to other sites generating an enormous amount of information. Cyberounds® Conferences Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Topics: Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics Health, Law, Hematology, Laboratory Medicine, Medical Genetics, Nephrology Nutrition, Psychiatry, Pulmonary Medicine, Rheumatology, Women's Health, Special Features) Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) http://www.accme.org/ "The ACCME fulfills its mission through a voluntary self-regulated system for accrediting CME providers and a peer-review process responsive to changes in medical education and the health care delivery system." Numeous documents about accreditation standards and policy are available online, as well as a list of accredited CME providers. Access: No registration required Features: cme, free full text articles, lists of meetings Acute Stroke Toolbox http://www.stroke-site.org/ An excellent NIH site associated with the Brain Attack Coalition. Easily accessible, useful information including stroke assessment scales, guidelines, sample standing orders, care pathways, and a good set of links for public information. Access: No registration required Features: treatment guidelines/algorithms Cardiology Today (Korea) http://soback.kornet.nm.kr/~heartist/cardiology/cardio_edu.html From this site Se-Il Oh's Coronary Angiography (CAG) Education Program may be downloaded. The other parts of site either link to the American Heart Association pages, or are in Korean. Access: No registration required Case Studies of Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection http://everest.radiology.uiowa.edu:80/nlm/app/aorta/casestud.html Site gives patient histories and MPEG movies of a number of aortic aneurysm scenarios. Provided by the Division of Physiologic Imaging, Deptartment of Radiology, University of Iowa. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, medical images/drawings/slides CyberPatient Simulator http://www.mdchoice.com/cyberpt/acls/acls.asp Simulations of acute patient care situations, mostly advanced cardiac life support, in an interactive format. Access: No registration required Features: case studies In-Hospital Defibrillation http://www.defib.net Managed by a Masters' level nurse, this useful educational site provides debate on issues surrounding policies and procedures for defibrillation in hospitals, a few full-text articles, a structured discussion forum, and a select list of related links. Access: No registration required Features: discussion forum, free full text articles Gold standard multimedia http://gsm.com/ Impressive medical resources site. Its drug database offers many excellent features including investigational drugs and patient education in English and Spanish. Illustrated didactic educational material, some with CME accreditation, available on its "integrated medical curriculum" section. Seeks input for Virtual Human Gallery project scheduled for launch in autumn 2000. Access: Free with registration Features: cme, formal education, large on-line medical database, audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, patient education, internal search engine
InCirculation.net http://www.incirculation.net The latest internationally-focused news in CV medicine. Peer-reviewed articles. Online Resources for healthcare professionals. Information for patients. Comprehensive links to other CV resources on the Internets. Access: Free with registration Features: discussion forum, lists of meetings, lists of trials, news BioMed Central http://www.biomedcentral.com/ "BioMed Central publishes peer reviewed research across all areas of biology and medicine, with immediate, barrier-free access for all." For numerous specialties. Manuscripts welcome. Sponsored by a number of biotechnology and genomics companies. Access: Free with registration Features: free full text articles, large on-line medical database, news, research opportunities, internal search engine BioMedNet http://biomednet.com/ BioMedNet is as good as it gets in biomolecular and genetics research sites, although it has cut back on originally authored papers in its online journal, HMS Beagle. Excellence in databases: superb Medline search with save and autolinking features, member list, 3 technical molecular structure databases, indexed and evaluated list of links, catalog of best biomedical online discussion groups, and a huge list of research journals with tables of contents and free abstracts. Elegantly laid out; highest recommendation. Access: Free with registration Features: discussion forum, free full text articles, job postings, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, news, research opportunities, indexed links CardioIQ.com http://www.cardioiq.com/ Educational site sponsored by GE Medical Systems aiming to create a web community among professionals who use cardiovascular medical devices. Includes reviews of journal articles, upcoming meetings pertaining to medical devices, regulatory information, technical information, and educational material on GE products. Access: Free with registration Features: discussion forum, ethics/legal/management information, lists of meetings, medical images/drawings/slides, news, treatment guidelines/algorithms Cardiology Compass http://www.cardiologycompass.com/ A guide for navigation to cardiovascular information resources on the Internet. A remarkable range of links is provided, particularly strong on teaching resources offered online by university departments. Access: No registration required Features: large on-line medical database Angioplasty PTCA Home Page http://ptca.org/ Provides support to patients interested in PTCA, offering news, interviews, a discussion forum, and a patients' guide to interventional devices and procedures. Also lists interventional cardiology meetings and links to journals, newsgroups, organizations and other cardiology resources; offers short educational video clips. Access: No registration required Features: discussion forum, lists of meetings, audio/video clips, news, patient education, indexed links Cardiology.org http://www.cardiology.org/ Website apparently associated with Stanford University and sponsored by Accumed. News by abcnews, links to Current Cardiology Reports and to selected journal articles. A lot of information about medical devices. A number of educational slide shows with downloadable slides. Student internships available. This group is developing a number of Windows CE palmtop applications for cardiologists including entry and reporting of patient data and test results, and access to knowledge prompts and guidelines via Mobile Channel Technology. Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides, news cardiologyline http://www.cardiologyline.net/ News by Carden Jennings Publishing Co. Full text of a few journals including Heart Surgery Forum. A few pediatric cardiology images. Authors are invited to submit materials (including case studies) to Cardiologyline's Educational Toolbox. "Product center" in development. Links organized by type. Access: No registration required Features: free full text articles, job postings, lists of meetings, medical images/drawings/slides, news, internal search engine CARDIOnet http://www.cardionet.hr/ CARDIOnet is a bilingual English and Croatian language international clearinghouse of cardiology information, Headquartered in Zagreb. A number of lists are available, most notably meetings and its own members. It has published online several sets of treatment guidelines from European sources. Access: Free with registration Features: large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, treatment guidelines/algorithms Cardiovascular Radiation Therapy http://www.radiationonline.com/ Educational site for the use of vascular brachytherapy radiation techniques to prevent reclosure of arteries following vascular intervention; disseminates knowledge and encourages multidisciplinary collaboration. Funded by the Cardiovascular Brachytherapy Institute at the Washington Hospital Center. Site offers occasional clinical news, abstracts from presentations at conferences, key technical information on radiation physics and radiation biology, industry news, and several educational programs. Access: No registration required Features: ethics/legal/management information, audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, treatment guidelines/algorithms Centre for Research in Vascular Biology http://www.anatomy.uq.edu.au/centres/crvb/ Site operated by this center in the Department of Anatomical Sciences at the University of Queensland. Nice schematic images of the etiology of atherosclerosis, and color photos (unfortunately, not labelled). Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides Chest Pain Perspectives http://www.chestpainperspectives.com/ Provides limited information on the Dade Behring Inc's diagnostic systems for cardiac biomarkers including troponin-I, myoglobin, and CK-MB; lists bibligraphies on literature about these markers; and invites the user to request more information. Access: No registration required Cyberounds http://www.cyberounds.com Affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Free registration provides access to schedule of interactive conferences and referenced transcripts of past conferences, as well as a structured multitopic discussion forum. Also has a bookstore and employment postings. Access: Free with registration Features: cme, discussion forum, job postings, lists of meetings, audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, email to users Doctor's Guide to the Internet, Professional Edition http://www.pslgroup.com/docguide.htm One of the first medical resources on the internet, with searchable news and meeting databases, a large, well organized list of links, a bookstore, and more. Access: No registration required Features: large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, news, internal search engine Einthoven http://www.einthoven.net/ Site with a lot of cardiovascalar and stroke information. Confusingly organized but has some good content, some of it via links. Trial results summaries. A-Z section is a kind of glossary. Access: No registration required Features: large on-line medical database, lists of trials, treatment guidelines/algorithms Emed Teaching files from Vanderbilt University http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/vumcdept/emergency/cases.html From Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee. Many photographs, images, and other teaching aids. Access: No registration required Emergency Medicine Bulletin Board System (EMBBS) Emergency Medicine and Primary Care http://www.embbs.com/ Educational site for primary care and emergency physicians with numerous images and some case studies in the form of patient simulators. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, job postings, medical images/drawings/slides EUROCAST Registry Online for Carotid Stenting http://www.euro-cast.org/ Similar to what has been so successfully created for endovascular treatment of AAA, namely the EUROSTAR registry, the EUROCAST is an European registry on carotid interventions. The companies Cordis and BARD have recognised this need and have generously provided funding to set up such a registry. Global Cardiology Network http://www.globalcardiology.org/ Provides links to journals, treatment guidelines, CME, meetings and conferences, and research grants and applications offered by the member organizations, notably the ACC, AHA, and ESC. Access: No registration required Features: cme, lists of meetings, treatment guidelines/algorithms, internal search engine Internet Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com/ Searchable drug database, with "fuzzy" search capability of both generic and brand names. Access: No registration required Features: large on-line medical database, internal search engine Invasive Cardiology Database - Austria http://gin.uibk.ac.at/iik Principally in German. Website of the Working Group Interventional Cardiology, a subgroup of the Austrian Society of Cardiology. Non-members can access statistics pertaining to interventional cardiology and notices of meetings taking place in Austria and Germany. Members can access articles, a discussion forum and the group's database. Access: No registration required Features: discussion forum, free full text articles, lists of meetings Invasive Interventionelle Kardiologie (IIK) Osterreich http://gin.uibk.ac.at/iik/ Mixed Austrian and English language website for Austrian interventional cardiologists. Gives addresses and phone numbers of centers for PTCA and pediatric cardiolgy, a list meetings, audit information, and news for interns. Access: No registration required Features: ethics/legal/management information, lists of meetings Martindale's Health Science Guide http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/HSGuide.html HUGE SITE containing links to dictionaries and glossaries, metabolic pathways and genetic maps, online journals, numerous courses, information about drug development, toxicology, regulatory information, industry news, and much, much more. Includes many specialists' centers. Access: No registration required Features: large on-line medical database Medmark, Cardiology section http://www.medmark.org/car/ Extensive, searchable list of links grouped into categories. Access: No registration required Features: indexed links Physician's Guide to the Internet http://www.webcom.com/pgi/ Large, well-developed general medical site offering many links and services to physician of all specialties. Access: No registration required Features: cme, job postings, large on-line medical database, lists of meetings, news, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms Physicians' Press http://www.physicianspress.com A website, interesting for interventional cardiologists. Access: No registration required Features: Self-Assessment, lists of meetings, Bookstore UpToDate http://www.uptodate.com/ Offers a website and CD-ROM subscription providing information in most of internal medicine including adult primary care and general internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology, rheumatology, and many others. Produced in cooperation with several US societies: Society of General Internal Medicine, The Endocrine Society, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Rheumatology, the American Thoracic Society, and American Society of Nephrology. Mainly text features with many hyperlinks cross-referencing the content and linking to extensive graphics, Medline abstracts and drug information. CME is available only with the CD-ROM version. Access: Registration with fee Features: cme, medical images/drawings/slides, internal search engine Virtual Cardiac Cath Lab http://user.sfcc.net/clawrence/vccl/cath.htm Fairly comprehensive, lengthy, interactive explanation of cardiac catheterization written in simple language with illustrations in color. Usable for patient education. Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides, patient education Virtual Pharmacy Library http://PHARM.CPB.UOKHSC.EDU/Pharmacy/Pharmint.html Access: No registration required Features: This page includes an impresive amout of Pharmacy Related (loosely defined) Internet Resources WebMD http://www.webmd.com/ Has separate sections for general users and MDs. The MD section provides links to journals and references, multimedia CME, and business services including insurance verification, referral eligibility, benefits management, and administrative support. Access: Registration with fee Features: cme, ethics/legal/management information, audio/video clips
Thrombosis - consult.com http://www.speroff.com An American Health Consultants, Aventis-sponsored site with full length, illustrated original articles, guidelines for AMI, DVT, and unstable angina. More features apparently in development. Access: No registration required Features: treatment guidelines/algorithms UCSF Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center http://medicine.ucsf.edu/divisions/htc Useful information for clinicians includes practice guidelines, research in which the center is involved, and descriptions of medications. Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials, patient education, treatment guidelines/algorithms UNC-CH Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis http://www.med.unc.edu/thromb/ Site posts proceedings, abstracts, and posters of recent symposia, and gives information about fellowships. Access: No registration required Features: lists of meetings, research opportunities Center for Platelet Function Studies http://www.platelets.org An adjunct of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, "the Center for Platelet Function Studies is a multidisciplinary center dedicated to the study of platelet function by state-of-the-art methods. The Center undertakes both basic science and clinical research, including clinical trials of drugs, devices, and tests." Access: No registration required Features: lists of trials
MRI in Heart and Circulation http://www.sunnybrook.on.ca:8080/~gawright/main_res.html Site produced by a physician at the University of Toronto/Sunnybrook & Women's Health Sciences Centre. Explains basic concepts of magnetic resonance in some depth, and describes the team's work in MR oximetry, angiography, microcirculation studies, quantification of MR signal relaxation behaviour in vivo, and rapid imaging methods with feedback. More slides and images would further enhance this high-quality academic site. Access: No registration required Features: research opportunities MRI Tutor http://www.mritutor.com/ Describes many aspects of MRI in moderate detail and offeres case study teaching files. Cases are from the VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL. Access: No registration required Features: case studies, medical images/drawings/slides CT is us http://www.ctisus.org/index.html CT is us is a web site created and maintained by The Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory (AMIL). AMIL is a multidisciplinary team dedicated to research, education, and the advancement of patient care using medical imaging with a focus on spiral CT and 3D imaging. The AMIL is headed by Elliot K. Fishman, M.D., and includes several radiologists, a computer scientist, multimedia developer (Melissa Garland), and a medical illustrator (Frank Corl). The AMIL is part of the Department of Radiology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, MD. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) http://reflect.stanford.edu/scmr.html Founded in 1994, The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international organization dedicated to the education of physicians and allied health care providers in the application of magnetic resonance to the heart and circulation; to the promotion and dissemination of the understanding and appropriate use of techniques; and to the provision of a forum pursuant of clinical, research and other issues relevant to the field. European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB)
Anatomy Online Atlas http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html Very user-friendly site aimed at secondary school students, with animated diagrams and explanatory text. Plenty of material on the heart and circulatory system, musculoskeletal system, CNS, etc. Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides The Heart: An Online Exploration http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html Part of the website of the Frankin Institute, a Philadelphia science museum. Continuing the tradition of the FI's fabulous walk-through model of the heart, provides interactive educational information about heart anatomy, physiology, health, and history of medicine. Links to many resources including support groups, fitness activities, and the American Heart Association. Access: No registration required Features: audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides, patient education Visible Human Project http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html This project is compiling complete, anatomically detailed, 3-D representations of the human body. Currently collecting transverse CT, MRI, and cryosection images at one millimeter intervals of representative male and female cadavers. Numerous images and animations of human anatomy are already available. Excellent material but somewhat cumbersome to navigate. Access: No registration required Features: audio/video clips, medical images/drawings/slides Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html From the University of Utah, "over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items for self-assessment that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated with human disease conditions." Superb quality images. CD-ROM version also available. Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides Discover the Heart, the Vascular System, their Diseases, and their Treatment http://www.hgcardio.com/index.htm Educational site presented by a group of practitioners at the Texas Heart Institute. Suitable for a wide audience, very nicely illustrated. Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides, patient education
Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/%21%21tm3Co0e4Xtm3D80Rzg/pubs/mmanual/ Searchable online version. A valuable resource for basic information on many disease conditions. Merck Manual - Cardiovascular disease http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section16/chapter202/202a.htm Access: No registration required Features: medical images/drawings/slides, internal search engine Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine This is an online version of the Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine edited by Eric J Topol, M.D. ©1998 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Electronic Statistics Textbook http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html BRILLIANT on-line statistics resource from StatSoft with glossary, images, hyperlinks, and internal searching. Subsection of a statistics services business. Access: No registration required Features: formal education, internal search engine CHORUS - Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/ "CHORUS is based on Fact/File, a radiology hypertext reference that has been integrated with a clinical radiology information system (at the University of Chicago) since 1990. Fact/File has been used extensively, mostly by radiology residents who use it for quick review and for diagnostic decision support." Access: No registration required Management of Stroke: A Practical Guide for the Prevention, Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Stroke http://cardiology.medscape.com/PCI/stroke/public/stroke-about.html Professional Communications, Inc. Management of Lipids in Clinical Practice http://cardiology.medscape.com/PCI/lipids/public/lipids-about.html Professional Communications, Inc. Angina Pectoris: Management Strategies and Guide to Interventions http://cardiology.medscape.com/PCI/angina/public/angina-about.html Professional Communications, Inc.
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Notices of Upcoming Medical Meetings http://www.nejm.org/general/text/Notices.htm Part of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) site; gives online posting of upcoming medical meetings. Searchable by location, month, subject, or combinations of these categories. Notices give mailing and/or email contacts, and web links when available. Access: No registration required Features: lists of meetings
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