Vascular Disease

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has information leaflets on various cardiovascular diseases such as Aortic Aneurysm

 The Circulation Foundation

Dedicated to raising funds for research and awareness of vascular (circulatory) disease. Their website includes information on various vascular diseases such as intermittent claudication, varicose veins, TIA, deep vein thrombosis, leg ulcers etc.

 The Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain & Ireland

Has a patient information section with factsheets on:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA)
• Aortic Aneurysm - The Operation explained
• Aorto-bifemoral and axillo-bifemoral bypass grafting
• Arteriogram & Angioplasty
• Leg Amputations
• Arteriogram & Angioplasty
• Carotid Disease - General Information
• Carotid Endarterectomy - The Operation explained
• Chronic Venous Ulcer
• Femoropopliteal and Femorodistal Bypass - The Operation Explained
• Hyperhydrosis & Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy
• Intermittent Claudication
• Leg Amputations
• Lymphodema
• Raynauds, Scleroderma
• Renal Angiogram and Angioplasty - The procedure explained
• Transient Ischaemic Attacks
• Varicose Veins - General Information
• Varicose veins The Operation explained
• Venous Thrombosis & Air Travel

 Laparoscopic repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals on the same topic.

 Vascular and General Surgery Patient Information

Website with patient information written by a consultant surgeon in the UK. Includes information about various vascular problems.

  Laser-assisted cerebral vascular anastomosis without temporary arterial occlusion

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Laser-assisted cerebral vascular anastomosis without temporary arterial occlusion .

  Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

A patient guide to complement the SIGN national guideline for health professionals called Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.

 Sherrys Aortic Dissection

A blog on the traumatic heart and aortic surgery undetaken by the 42 year old wife of the person who wrote the blog.

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.