Whether your a patient, a family member of a patient, or a medical professional looking for information for your patients, AACVPR has put together a collection of links to help you find the information you're searching for.

Links for Cardiovascular Patients

Links for Pulmonary Patients

Links for Cardiovascular Patients

American Association of Heart Failure Nurses

American College of Cardiology Heart Authority

American College of Chest Physicians – Patient Education Guides

American College of Sports Medicine

American Diabetes Association

American Dietetic Association

American Heart Association

• Patient Information Resources for Professionals
• Cardiac Rehabilitation

America on the Move

Dietary Guidelines for Americans

FDA Heart Health Online

Heart Failure

Joe Piscatella - Healthy Living Expert

National Institute on Aging - Aging Hearts and Arteries: A Scientific Quest

NIA guide to exercise

NIH Medline Pulse

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• NHBLI's Diseases and Conditions Index
• Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources
• NHLBI COPD Campaign materials. 
• NHHLBI Healthy Handbook for women
• Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC)
• NHLBI Your Guide to a Healthy Heart
• Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart
• Your Guide to Living Well With Heart Disease

National Library of Medicine MedLine Plus

PAD Coalition

Reynolds Risk Score

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association

Women Heart

Links for Pulmonary Patients

Alpha-1 Foundation 
or call (877) 228-7321 for patient education and support

Alpha-1 Association   
or call (800) 521-3025 for disease recognition and patient education

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 
or call (847) 427-1200 for public education

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) 

American Lung Association

American Thoracic Society (ATS) 
or call (212)315-8600 for patient information and handouts 

Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis

COPD Alert

COPD News.com

COPD Support.com

Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation 
or call 1-800-FIGHT CF  of  1-800-344-4823  for patient education

Drive 4 COPD

EFFORTS: Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
or call 1-800-424-8802Air and environmental quality
 
National Home Oxygen Patients Association  
or call 1-888-646-7244 for air travel, oxygen and portable O2 concentrator information

The LAM Foundation Lymphangiomyomatosis research and support

The Lungevity Foundation Lung cancer research and support

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program

National Emphysema Foundation
or call (203) 849-9000 for patient information

National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP) 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
or call (301) 592-8573 for patient education and information

National Jewish Medical and Research Center 
or call (800) 222-5864 for the “Lung Line” staffed by registered nurses specializing in respiratory and immune system disorders

National Emphysema COPD Association NECA 

Pulmonary Hypertension Association 

Pulmonary Education Research Foundation  
or call (310) 539-8390 for patient information
 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
or call (312) 587-9272 Patient information  

The Pulmonary Paper  
or call (800) 950-3698

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Surgeon General's Tobacco Cessation Guideline