Aneurysm
UK sources of information and / or support
The leaflets section on Patient UK
Includes a leaflet on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
The Circulation Foundation
Dedicated to raising funds for research and awareness of vascular (circulatory) disease. Their website includes information on aneurysm.
Vascular and General Surgery Patient Information
Website with patient information written by a consultant surgeon in the UK. Includes information about aortic aneurysm.
Aneurysm
Information from the Children's Heart Federation.
British Brain and Spine Foundation
Have very good information booklets which you can download, including one called 'Coiling of Brain Aneurysms'
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.
Coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Coil embolisation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
Supraorbital minicraniotomy for intracranial aneurysm
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Supraorbital minicraniotomy for intracranial aneurysm.
Stent-graft placement in abdominal aortic aneurysm
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Stent-graft placement in abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Endovascular stent-graft placement in thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Endovascular stent-graft placement in thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections.
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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Related pages in Patient UK
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Arteries Of The Body (diagram)Support Groups related to this topic (^ top of page)
Circulation FoundationPatientPlus articles related to this topic (^ top of page)
Aneurysms and Dissection of ArteriesPatient UK Newspaper (^ top of page)
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Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
UK Guidelines
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Medline
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