High Cholesterol: Resources

Organizations

American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Heart House
9111 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814-1699
800-253-4636
www.acc.org

American Heart Association (AHA)
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75231
800-AHA-USA1
www.americanheart.org

American Society of Hypertension (ASH)
148 Madison Ave. 5th floor
New York, NY 10016
212-696-9099
www.ash-us.org

American Stroke Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
888-4STROKE
www.strokeassociation.org

InterAmerican Heart Foundation (IHF)
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75231-4596
214-706-1301
www.iahf.org

International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHB)
100 Auburn Avenue NE, Suite 401
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-880-0343
www.ishib.org

National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
NHLBI Health Information Network
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, Maryland 20824-0105
301-592-8573
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep

National Heart Council
306 W. Joppa Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21204-4048
410-494-0300
http://www.nemahealth.org/programs/nhc/index.htm?lt;/a>

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
301-592-8573
800-575-WELL (Heart Health Toll-Free Information Line)
www.nhlbi.nih.gov

Reviewed by the doctors in the Department of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation at The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center.