It covers testing for heart diseases, treatments and their side effects, and surgery. Published on the Web by the American Academy of Family Physicians. The British Cardiac Society was established in 1922, and is a charitable body. The Society is involved in education, the setting of clinical standards and research into heart and circulatory diseases. The Web site contains information about the Society, documents on a variety of heart related topics, as well as a listing of affiliated associations.
News items are also available, as well as a conference listing.
The site provides information about the Foundation and its activities, news, research, a glossary of heart related terms, publications and regional information. Information is also available for children, and on heart health. The abstracts and contents pages from the Canadian Journal of Cardiology from Volume 11, Number 1 - January 1995. This service has a search facility allowing keyword searching. Abstracts are in both French and English.