Return to. The starting place for exploring information on heart disease and cardiology. New posts to the Heart Disease/ Cardiology forums: heartdisease. about. com/ heartdisease. about. com/. an index of information presented on the heart disease and cardiology home page Start Here - Cardiology 101 A one-stop resource for heart for basic information on disease and cardiology. heartdisease. about. com/mlibrary. htm heartdisease. about. com/mlibrary. htm. Heart Disease - Top Heart Disease and Cardiology Articles. View the latest information on heart disease and cardiology collected from top medical journals. Here you'll find the latest updates on heart disease and cardiology. www. mdlinx. com/heartlinx/ www. mdlinx. com/heartlinx/. Learn more about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by cardiovascular disease. www. americanheart. org/ www. americanheart. org/. In most cases, suspicion of congenital heart disease leads to a cardiology referral. However, an awareness of the possible diagnoses will help your referral. Deanfield J, Thaulow E, Warnes C. et al. ; Task Force on the Management of Grown Up Congenital Heart Disease, European Society of Cardiology; www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/bookshelf/br. fcgi?book=cardio&part. www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov/bookshelf/br. fcgi?book=cardio&part=A1042. If you're like most people, you think that heart disease is a problem for other folks. But heart disease is the number one killer in the U. S. It is also a major cause of disability. There are many different forms of heart disease. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases. html www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases. html. The primary NIH organization for research on Heart Disease in Women is the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Although many people think of heart disease as a man's problem, women can and do get heart disease. In fact, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/heartdiseaseinwomen. html www. nlm. nih. gov/medlineplus/heartdiseaseinwomen. html. Director, Outpatient Lipid Diabetes Research Center, MidAmerica Heart Institute of Saint Luke's Hospital; Aqeel Ahmed, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Pathology, University of Missouri at Kansas City Editors: Hanumant Deshmukh, MD , Former Chief of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; www. emedicine. com/MED/topic3432. htm. Follow-up of infants with congenital heart disease should follow the schedule of routine care for healthy babies with some modifications, The reported incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is eight cases per 1,000 live births. 1 Family physicians must know how to screen for cardiac defects in infants, www. aafp. org/afp/990401ap/1857. html. Embed URL. bb&ob; border-bottom : 1px solid #E2ECF5; &cb;.