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The Heart Information Center
We believe informed patients make better patients.

Through this community outreach program, staff members of Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital provide educational information related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Learn about diagnosis and treatment of heart disease

Index of over 150 Heart-Health Topics including:

Learn about preventing heart disease

Visit the Heart Information Center to learn about heart disease and how to avoid it by living a heart-healthy lifestyle. The center is located on the first floor of Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital—the Denton A. Cooley building. Open Monday–Friday: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Phone: 1-800-292-2221. Patients, families, and visitors are welcome. Learn more about us.

Patient Care information for Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's (Atención al paciente én espanol)


Heart Owner's Update available online

Heart Owner's Update is published for the general public as well as friends of the Texas Heart Institute to help you understand and live a heart-healthy lifestyle. In our current issue, find out more about:

Heart Owner's Update - available online

Table of Contents—Winter 2007/2008

  • Research Shows that Flu is a Trigger of Heart Attacks
  • Moving Beyond Double Trouble—Patient overcomes major challenges with mechanical assistance
  • One Out of Two—If you're a women, those are your chances of dying from heart disease or stroke
  • A New Fix for a "Broken Heart?"—Recognizing Takotsubo syndrome
  • What a miracle looks like


Updated March 2008
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Personalized Assistance

For personalized assistance:
Call, toll-free, 1-800-292-2221
(outside the U.S.,
call 1-832-355-6536).
Para información en español llame al telefone
1-800-292-2221
o 1-832-355-6536.
E-mail your questions.

 

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Find educational resources for grades K-6 at Project Heart.

 

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If you need information about keeping your heart healthy, e-mail the
Heart Information Center or call 1-800-292-2221.
 (Outside the U.S., call 1-832-355-6536.)

Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center
Through this community outreach program, staff members of the Texas Heart Institute (THI) provide educational information related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. It is not the intention of THI to provide specific medical advice, but rather to provide users with information to better understand their health and their diagnosed disorders. Specific medical advice will not be provided and THI urges you to visit a qualified physician for diagnosis and for answers to your questions.
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