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Arrhythmias / Heart Block
UK sources of information and / or support
The leaflets section of Patient UK
Includes a leaflet on Arrhythmias (Abnormal Heart Rhythms)
British Heart Foundation
Provides information on many types of heart conditions including arrhythmias.
Arrhythmia Alliance
Aims to promote better understanding, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for individuals with cardiac arrhythmia.
Children's Heart Federation
CHF provide a range of information including factsheets explaining the most common heart conditions and relevant treatments.
Arrhythmias
A patient guide to complement the SIGN national guideline for health professionals called Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary heart disease.
Arrhythmia - implantable cardioverter defibrillators
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Arrhythmia - implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) (review).
Laser sheath removal of pacing leads
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Laser sheath removal of pacing leads.
Bradycardia - dual chamber pacemakers
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Bradycardia - dual chamber pacemakers.
Percutaneous (non-thoracoscopic) Epicardial Catheter Radiofrequency Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Percutaneous (non-thoracoscopic) Epicardial Catheter Radiofrequency Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia.
Your Heart
Information from the university hospitals of Leicester, provides information on many types of heart conditions including arrhythmias.
Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland
Provide an Adviceline service for people in Scotland. Their website also has various booklets, audio tapes, videos and factsheets - including a booklet on pacemakers.
SADS UK
Information and support for people with life-threatening arrhythmia;cardiac conditions relevant to the 'electrics' of the heart such as the Long QT Syndrome, Wolff Parkinson White Sydrome, Brugada Syndrome, CPVT.
CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young
CRY is a charity founded in May 1995 to raise awareness of Cardiac Risk in the Young including heart rhythm disorders.
Heart block
Information from BUPA.
Supraventricular tachycardia
Information from BUPA.
Supraventricular tachycardia
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Pacemaker implantation
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Heart block
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Arrhythmia (palpitations)
Information from BUPA.
Ventricular fibrillation
Information from BUPA.
Ventricular tachycardia
Information from BUPA.
See also the Patient UK heart information leaflets and heart patient support groups which also provide information on various heart problems.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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