Patient’s Guided Tour

This site is intended for multiple users including physicians, medical housestaff, nurses, medical support staff and patients. Navigation can be confusing as the information is laid out together for all these people.The most important pages for the patient are those which explain the diseases, and the therapy, treatment or intervention (diet, lifestyle, exercise) intended to modify and improve the condition.

Cruising the cvtoolbox buttons, you will find most of the conditions that interest you. In
Particular the following pages may be of use:

Click on images to download.		The Heart
		Valvular Heart Disease Introduction
		Chest Pain Introduction
		Symptoms of Heart Disease
		Cholesterol Introduction
		Diabetes Introduction
		Hypertension Introduction
		Exercise introduction
		Smoking Cessation Introduction
		Atrial Fibrillation Introduction
		Congestive Heart Failure Introduction
		Patient Education Links

The information has been compiled into two patient education booklets which are available for free download.

A Guide for Cardiac Rehabilitation (cardiac rehab). The purpose of this booklet is to provide the patient with the information about heart disease and recovery after suffering a heart attack.

Heart Failure Survival Kit (hf survival kit) is a compendium of do's and don'ts in kit form for patients with congestive heart failure, that suggest specific diet lifestyle and exercise changes of benefit in heart failure. As well as the kit provides information on current heart failure management.