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H.E.A.R.T. UK
7 North Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1PE
Tel (Helpline): 0845 450 5988
Tel (Business): 01628 777046
Fax: 01628 628 698
Web: www.heartuk.org.uk
Best time to phone: 10am - 4pm, Monday - Friday
H.E.A.R.T. UK (The Hyperlipidaemia Education and Atherosclerosis Research Trust UK) was formed when the Family Heart Association (FHA) merged with the BHA in 2002.
H.E.A.R.T. UK - The Cholesterol Charity - provides information on cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke, and its management by diet, lifestyle and drugs. H.E.A.R.T. UK aims to help anyone at high risk of coronary heart disease especially families with inherited high cholesterol as in FH, familial hypercholesterolaemia, and FCH, familial combined hyperlipidaemia.
H.E.A.R.T. UK is governed by a board of trustees which includes patients, healthcare professionals and legal and business experts. There is also an eminent medical advisory panel that includes some of Britain's leading doctors specialising in heart problems and lipid disorders.
The Digest, free to members, is published quarterly. It includes articles on medicine and science, advice on food, diet and lifestyle, recipe suggestions, news and views.
H.E.A.R.T. UK also produces and distributes literature, arranges public workshops, professional seminars and medical conferences. For further information please telephone or write to the above address.
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