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UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets on:
British Heart Foundation
A charitable organisation that aims to play a leading role in the fight against heart disease. Provides information on many types of heart conditions including heart attack.
British Cardiac Patients Association
Offering support, reassurance and information to all cardiac patients. Representing patients in local and national issues relating to coronary heart disease.
MI: secondary prevention
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Myocardial infarction (persistent ST-segment elevation) - bivalirudin
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Acute coronary syndromes
A patient guide to complement the SIGN guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland
Provide an Advice line service for people in Scotland. Their website also has various booklets, audio tapes, videos and factsheets - including a booklet and video on heart attack.
Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association
Exists to prevent and alleviate chest, heart and stroke illnesses in Northern Ireland.
Heart Rehabilitation
This site is for people with heart problems. It contains a complete list of cardiac rehabilitation programmes in the UK and surveys of the months most interesting publications.
Heart & Stroke Information Point
Provides reliable, up to date information for patients and carers affected by heart disease and/or stroke conditions. The project is funded by The Big Lottery and is being undertaken by NHS Tayside in conjunction with the University of Dundee. The website has been developed in partnership with patient, carer and healthcare professional groups across Tayside and they also work with national organisations including Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland. The website provides general information about heart disease and stroke conditions and also localised information about support groups in the Tayside area.
Medicine Guide for Heart Attack
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Heart Attack
Healthtalkonline, is an award-winning charity website, which lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. The information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford.
Heart attack
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
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, 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.