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Associations & Guidelines
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
American Heart Association
American Heart Association - Scientific Statement and Practice Guideline Topic List
Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA)
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
National Guidelines Clearinghouse™ a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehabilitation - Clinical practice guideline; no. 17. Released 1995 Oct (reviewed 2000)
Cardiac Rehabilitation (Consumer's Guide)
High Blood Pressure
Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment
of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) - 1997 (rev. 2003)
American Heart Association - High Blood Pressure
Human Blood Pressure Determination by Sphygmomanometry [PDF] - AHA Scientific Statement, 2001
High Cholesterol
NCEP Report - Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines
Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) - 1993 (updated 2001)
National Lipid Education Council (NLEC)
National Lipid Association
Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease - AHA/CDC Scientific Statement, 2003
ACC/AHA/NHLBI Clinical Advisory on the Use and Safety of Statins - 2002
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. - ADA, 2003
[PDF]
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists guidelines for the management of diabetes mellitus [PDF] - 2002
Screening for type 2 diabetes. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Physical activity/exercise and diabetes mellitus. - ADA, ACSM 1990 (revised 1999; republished 2003) [PDF]
Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes [PDF] - ACSM Position Stand, 2000
Treatment of hypertension in adults with diabetes. ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Management of dyslipidemia in adults with diabetes. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Smoking and diabetes. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Translation of the diabetes nutrition recommendations for health care institutions. - ADA Positon Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Hyperglycemic Crises in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Tests of glycemia in diabetes. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Aspirin therapy in diabetes. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
The prevention or delay of type 2 diabetes. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Evidence-based nutrition principles and recommendations for the treatment and prevention of diabetes and related complications. - ADA Position Statement, 2003 [PDF]
Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk in Children - AHA Scientific Statement, 2003
Diet
EatRight.org - American Dietetic Association
American Heart Association - Diet
Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease - AHA Scientific Statement, 2002
Fat Substitutes and Health - AHA Scientific Statement, 2002
Scientific Conference on Dietary Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Health - AHA Conference Proceedings, 2001
Dietary Protein and Weight Reduction - AHA Science Advisory, 2001
AHA Dietary Guidelines: Revision 2000 - AHA Scientific Statement
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease - AHA Science Advisory, 1999
Obesity
Case Studies in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Adult Obesity - AMA, December 2003
Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk in Children - AHA Scientific Statement, 2003
Appropriate Intervention Strategies for Weight Loss and Prevention of Weight Regain for Adults [PDF] - ACSM Position Stand, 2001
Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults. - NHLBI, 1998 Jun.
Obesity: Impact on Cardiovascular Disease - AHA Conference Proceedings, 1998
Congestive Heart Failure
ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult. - 1995 (revised 2001)
American Heart Association - Congestive Heart Failure
Congestive Heart Failure in the United States: A New Epidemic - NHLBI, NIH
Exercise and Heart Failure - AHA Scientific Statement, 2003
ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of CHF in the Adult - Executive Summary, 2001 (Full Text [PDF])
Exercise
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing (Committee on Exercise Testing). - 1997 (revised 2002) [PDF]
Physical activity/exercise and diabetes mellitus. - ADA, ACSM 1990 (revised 1999; republished 2003) [PDF]
Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes [PDF] - ACSM Position Stand, 2000
Exercise and Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerotic CVD - AHA Scientific Statement, 2003
Exercise and Heart Failure - AHA Scientific Statement, 2003
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Joint ACCP/AACVPR evidence-based guidelines, 1997
Pulmonary Rehabilitation - AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2002
American Lung Association
American Association for Respiratory Care
Smoking
Tobacco Cessation Guideline - Office of the Surgeon General
Treating tobacco use and dependence. A clinical practice guideline. - 2000 Jun.
Other
Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease - AHA/CDC Scientific Statement, 2003
Electron-Beam Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis and Prognosis of CAD - ACC/AHA Expert Consensus, 2000
Homocyst(e)ine, Diet, and Cardiovascular Diseases - AHA Science Advisory, 1999
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