Cardiovascular Consultants of Maine, P.A.

Patient Education

• ACE Inhibitors (PDF - 162KB)
• After Your Heart Attack
• Amiodarone
• Aortic Aneurysms, Abdominal (PDF - 145KB)
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Beta-blockers (PDF - 45KB)
• Biventricular Pacing (PDF - 138KB)
• C-Reactive Protein (PDF - 105KB)
• Cardiomyopathy
• Cardioversion
• Coronary Anatomy and Stent
• Coumadin
• Diet: Calorie and Fat Intake
• Diet: Cholesterol and Your Heart
• Diet: Cholesterol: Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
• Diet: Nutrition Labels
• Diet: Salt (Sodium)
• Diet: Sodium Content of Common Foods
• Diet: Types of Fats
• Dofetilide
• Endocarditis: What is Endocarditis? (PDF - 94KB)
• Endocarditis Prophylaxis, Cardiac Indications
• Endocarditis Prophylaxis, Medication Regimens
• Endocarditis Prophylaxis, Procedures Where Indicated
• High Blood Pressure - Home Monitoring
• High Blood Pressure - Lifestyle Changes
• Managing Your Heart Failure
• Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (PDF - 110KB)
• Pacemakers (PDF - 60KB)
• Valvular Disease - Aortic Stenosis
• Valvular Disease - Aortic Regurgitation
• Valvular Disease - Mitral Valve Disease (PDF - 240KB)
• Syncope (Fainting or Passing Out)

Other Sites/Links

Women & Heart Disease:

• Women: Healthy Heart Handbook for Women, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Women: Heart Disease & Women , American Academy of Family Physicians
• Mitral Valve Prolapse

Heart Disease:

• Angina, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Arrhythmias, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Cardiomyopathy, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Smoking: You Can Quit Smoking, Surgeon General

Organizations:

• American College of Cardiology
• American Heart Association
• Heart Rhythm Society
• Maine Medical Center
• MaineHealth
• MaineGeneral Medical Center