by EBSCO Medical Review Board

American Heart Association

National Center

7272 Greenville Avenue

Dallas, TX 75231

1-800-242-8721

http://heart.org

The American Heart Association provides educational materials about heart failure and other heart-related diseases. This national voluntary health agency’s mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Rd.

Atlanta, GA 30333

1-800-232-4636

http://www.cdc.gov

This site provides educational and statistical information about heart disease, as well as information about several other conditions.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

31 Center Drive Building 31

Bethesda, MD 20892

301-592-8573

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

The NHLBI is a part of the National Institutes of Health. The site provides information about cholesterol, heart disease risk factors, and various heart conditions. The institute conducts and supports research related to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases as well as sleep disorders.

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