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Valvular Disease (Heart Murmur)
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has various information leaflets on heart valve problems.
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 valvular disease.
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.
Children's Heart Federation
CHF provide a range of information including material produced by British Heart Foundation and other groups, about all aspects of bringing up children with heart problems, from coping with siblings, employers and hospitals, to factsheets explaining the most common heart conditions and relevant treatments, to short leaflets about looking after your child's teeth.
Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association
Exists to prevent and alleviate chest, heart and stroke illnesses in Northern Ireland.
Thoracoscopically assisted mitral valve surgery
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Thoracoscopically assisted mitral valve surgery.
Percutaneous fetal balloon valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Percutaneous fetal balloon valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis.
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Leaflet Repair for Mitral Regurgitation
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Percutaneous Mitral Valve Leaflet Repair for Mitral Regurgitation.
Aortic valve replacement
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Heart valve disease
Information from BUPA.
Heart valve repair surgery
Information from BUPA.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
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- 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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