Resources
Organizations
American Association for Respiratory Care
www.aarc.org
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
13 Elm Street
Manchester, Mass. 01944
(978) 526-8330
Fax: (978) 526-7521
Email: aats@prri.com
www.aats.org
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American College of Cardiology
Heart House
9111 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814-1699
1-800-253-4636, ext. 694 or (301) 897-5400
Fax: (301) 897-9745
www.acc.org
American Heart Association
American Heart Association National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75231
The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center
9500 Euclid Avenue, F25
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Appointments (216) 444-6697 or 1-800-223-2273 ext. 46697
www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Americans with Disabilities Act)
askjan.org
Food and Drug Administration: Eating for a Healthy Heart
Department of Health and Human Services
5600 Fishers Lane, (HFI-40)
Rockville, MD 20857
www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/hlyheart.html
Heart Rhythm Society
1400 K Street, N.W. Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 464-3400
FAX: (202) 464-3401
www.hrsonline.org
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association
P.O. Box 306
Hibernia NJ 07842
Phone: (973) 983-7429
E-Mail: support@hcma-heart.com
www.hcma-heart.com
The Long QT Syndrome: The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation (SADS)
508 E. South Temple, Suite #20
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
1-800-786-7723
www.sads.org
The Mended Hearts, Inc. (for heart surgery patients)
7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75231
888-HEART99 (888.432.7899)
www.mendedhearts.org
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Building 1
1 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Email: NHLBIinfo@rover.nhlbi.nih.gov
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
401 North Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, IL, USA 60611-4267
Phone: (312) 321-6803
Fax: (312)527-6635
E-mail: sts@sba.com
www.sts.org
TRIO — Transplant Recipients International Organization, Inc.
2117 L St. NW # 353 ? Washington, DC 20037-1524
(202) 293-0989 or (800) 874-6386
Fax: (415) 239-8727
E-mail: TRIOIntl@aol.com
Web Sites
Adult Congenital Heart Association
www.achaheart.org
The Canadian Adult Congenital Network
www.cachnet.org
Cardiology Channel
www.cardiologychannel.com
The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
www.ctsnet.org
Congenital Heart Center Encyclopedia
A service of Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/heartcenter/encyclopedia
Cut to the Heart
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart
HeartCenterOnline
www.heartcenteronline.com
Heart Info
c/o Trigenesis Communications
26 Main Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
www.heartinfo.org
The Heart Preview Gallery
The Franklin Institute Online
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA19103
(215) 448-1200
E-mail: webteam@www.fi.edu
www.fi.edu/biosci/preview/heartpreview.html
Med Help Heart Forum
www.medhelp.org/forums/cardio/wwwboard.html
PediHeart Organization
www.pediheart.org
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator
navigator.tufts.edu
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