The heart, a muscular organ which is responsible for pumping blood through the body. It does this by repeated and rhythmic contractions which push the blood through the circulatory system. Conditions and diseases involving the heart, including myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack, arrhythmia, and angina are the topic of this category.
Regular Blogs
A member of the National Lipid Association and founder of the Center for Cholesterol Management rides herd on this blog, which offers details about cholesterol and the numbers thereof, HDL, and the difference between a sterol and a stanol.
http://blogs.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/
Christ-centered ministry which gives prayer, encouragement and support to people with congenital heart defects, fetal cystic hygroma, and Turner's Syndrome, among other conditions.
http://crosshealedhearts.blogspot.com/
This weblog is created to raise funds for equipment at a hospital in Surrey and to raise awareness of heart disease at the same time. It contains stories as well as pictures from the hospital's primary angioplasty unit.
http://heart2heartappeal.blogspot.com/
A wife and mother of two children and recipient of a transplanted heart writes about transplantation, organ donation, and what it's like living with someone else's heart.
http://helenwiththeheart.blogspot.com/
Started by a woman whose 56-year old husband suffered a heart attack in 2008, this blog chronicles the ordeal, from the catheterization, angioplasty, and stent and then on to getting healthy again.
http://qtmonster.typepad.com/
Surviving a Stroke (and Sometimes Saying Too Much)
The blogger began this blog after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure and discussions are about all things relevant to heart disease, including medication information, pacemaker information, and low sodium ideas.
http://survivingastroke.blogspot.com/
When Life Hands You a Broken Heart
The mother of a child with congenital heart disease created the weblog in order to provide hope to families of the 40,000 children born each year with CHD.
http://whenlifehandsyouabrokenheart.blogspot.com/
