Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Related Links
With a wealth of information about heart disease and stroke available, we wanted to provide you with a listing of web sites that you might find useful and informative. The links are listed alphabetically and will open in a new browser window.
SC Heart Failure Learning Network
Health Agencies and Organizations
- American Heart Association
- American Society of Hypertension, Inc.
- American Stroke Association
- Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control
- National Stroke Association
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- South Carolina Hospital Association
- South Carolina Mission: Lifeline
- South Carolina Primary Health Care Association
- University of Miami Center for Research in Medical Education (Advanced Stroke Life Support)
- US Office of Minority Health
Partner Initiatives
- DASH For Good Health - Southern Style
- iHOPE Online Education Program
- SC EMS Performance Improvement Center
- Stop Atrial Fibrillation
Updated Guidelines
- The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7)
- American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology 2006 Update: Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients with Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Assocation Get With The Guidelines