Recommended Web Sites

American Heart Association National Center - The American Heart Association is a not-for-profit, voluntary health organization. AHA's mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

CHF - MedicineNet provides this indepth look at congestive heart failure.

Coping With Heart Failure - The Cleveland Clinic provides this excellent guide for living with this condition.

Devices That Keep The Heart Beating - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers this information.

Heart Failure - The Mayo Clinic provides this excellent and thorough review of congestive heart failure.

Heart Failure Facts and Statistics - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued this document.

Heart Failure Risk Factors - The Heart Rhythm Society has created this list of potential risk factors.

Living with Advanced Congestive Heart Failure: A Guide for Family Caregivers - Guidance for family caregivers with a focus on coping with advanced heart failure.

MEDLINEPlus: Heart Failure - This consumer site from National Library of Medicine is full of links to various great sources on heart failure.