Cardiology & Vascular

This FDA 20-pg color booklet for women describes good vs bad cholesterol and available treatment options with their warnings and side effects. Includes information on statins, bile acid sequestrants, fibrates, and combination medicines.

The American Heart Association (AHA)'s 2-pg handout gives an overview of the dangers of high cholesterol including an image of a blocked coronary artery. The brochure focuses on healthier food choices and outlines lifestyle guidelines, specific foods to limit from the diet, cooking tips and other resources to help patients lower their cholesterol levels.

This NIH/NHLBI 84-page booklet focuses on therapeutic lifestyle changes to lower blood cholesterol and reduce heart disease risk, including guidance on physical activity. Dietary modifications include an eating plan low in saturated fat, trans fat, and dietary cholesterol. Features a risk assessment that calculates the chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years using tables based on data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study.

This AHRQ 15-pg guide covers HDL and LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, risk factors for heart disease, and different kinds of cholesterol medications including how they work,  potential side effects and how patient's can keep track of their medications.

This 28-pg color booklet from NIH/NHLBI, which alternates between English and Tagalog, helps Filipino families determine their risk for heart disease. Readers learn about risk factors, heart-healthy behaviors, how to recognize heart attack symptoms, and calling 911 when heart attacks occur. A place for recording test results is also included.

The CDC's full-color, easy-to-read, 2-pg handout defines and describes the basics about heart disease. Topics covered include risk factors, signs and symptoms, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

This 2-pg handout from the American Diabetes Association explains how people with diabetes are at higher risk of heart and blood vessel disease, and describes tests and procedures used to diagnose and treat heart and blood vessel conditions, including PCI, ABI, CABG, ECG, and echocardiogram. Catheters, stents, coronary calcium, CT, MRI, and PET scans are also discussed.

AHA's 2-page fact sheet describes heart attack warning signs (including chest discomfort, other upper body discomfort, shortness of breath), the importance of acting quickly in the event of any such signs or symptoms, and lifestyle guidelines to reduce heart attack risk.

This 1-pg, printer-friendly handout lists the common types and causes of chronic stresses. It focuses on the effects on heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiac function. It includes a discussion of dietary, exercise, and other behavioral changes that patients can make to prevent and manage stress.

This 28-pg color booklet from NIH/NHLBI, which alternates between English and Tagalog, helps Filipino families determine their risk for heart disease. Readers learn about risk factors, heart-healthy behaviors, how to recognize heart attack symptoms, and calling 911 when heart attacks occur. A place for recording test results is also included.

Available in multiple languages, this FDA 2-pg color fact sheet clarifies how heart disease sx in women differ from commonly-held beliefs. It covers 12 signs of heart disease in women and proactive steps to lower the risk such as controlling high blood pressure, getting regular check-ups, eating right, and keeping a healthy weight.

NIH's 4-pg handout provides specific heart healthy recipes for entrees, side dishes and desserts as well as food preparation and shopping tips for lowering calories and fats within different food categories.

This FDA 2-pg fact sheet covers hypertension (including a brief section on hypertension in pregnancy), the serious health risks it entails, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and treatment options. Recommendations for diet and lifestyle changes are also included.

The CDC’s full-color, easy-to-read, 2-pg handout describes the risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of high blood pressure. It lists ranges for normal, at risk, and high blood pressure.

Since as many as 2 out of 3 adults w/ diabetes have high blood pressure, the American Diabetes Association's 2-pg guide outlines proactive lifestyle changes and medicines that can help control hypertension for people w/ diabetes. It explains that people w/ diabetes have a lower blood pressure target than the general public and describes ADA's recommended blood pressure target.