Cardiovascular (CV) Disease

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Heart Authority  - make sure to visit this superb Web site for patients that offers concise, convenient Webcast videos and/or text of America's leading cardiologists explaining the most common heart-related conditions... members of the American College of Cardiology help patients understand CV disease, treatments, prevention and more

    Video Animation of a Heart Attack viewed from inside your body

    → Make sure to visit our Cardio Encyclopedia page for more patient information

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American College of Cardiology

National professional organization of cardiologists that advocates quality cardiovascular care—through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines—and to influence health care policy
 

American Heart Association

National voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke

American Hospital Association

National organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities so that AHA's members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters

CardioSmart
The consumer information service of the American College of Cardiology Foundation with news articles approved by cardiologists, on-line cardiac risk assessment tools, answers to many common cardiac questions, and more

Franklin Institute
The Heart: An On-Line Exploration

Heart Rhythm Society

International group representing physicians and professionals in allied specialties that include cardiac pacing, cardiac electrophysiology, arrhythmia, pacemakers, sudden cardiac death, cardiac arrest, implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICD'S)

Heartmates

Resources for the Spouse, Family and Loved Ones of a Heart Patient and for Cardiac Health Care Professionals 

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association 

Organization that provides hypertrophic cardiomyopathy information, as well as support and advocacy to patients, their families, and medical providers

ICAEL - The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories

Organization whose purpose is to ensure high quality patient care and to promote health care by providing a mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality echocardiographic diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation. Through the accreditation process, laboratories assess every aspect of daily operation and its impact on the quality of health care provided to patients.

The Echocardiography Laboratory of Berks Cardiologists, Ltd. is accredited by the ICAEL.

ICANL - The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories

Organization whose purpose is to ensure high quality patient care and to promote health care by providing a mechanism to encourage and recognize the provision of quality nuclear cardiology and nuclear medicine diagnostic evaluations by a process of voluntary accreditation. Through the accreditation process, laboratories assess every aspect of daily operation and its impact on the quality of health care provided to patients.

The Nuclear Medicine Laboratory of Berks Cardiologists, Ltd. is accredited by the ICANL.

ICAVL - The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories

Organization whose purpose is to to provide a mechanism for accreditation of facilities which perform comprehensive testing for vascular disease with noninvasive testing modalities. Through the accreditation process, laboratories assess every aspect of daily operation and its impact on the quality of health care provided to patients.

The Vascular Laboratory of Berks Cardiologists, Ltd. is accredited by the ICAVL.

St. Joseph Medical Center

Not-for-profit hospital serving greater Reading and Berks County, PA

The Reading Hospital and Medical Center

Not-for-profit hospital serving greater Reading and Berks County, PA

WebMD

Internet healthcare company connecting physicians and consumers to the entire healthcare industry