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                                                                                                                 Angina

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About Angina

NHS Website - Information about Angina, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and living with angina.

Patient UK - Information about Angina ; Coronary angiography ; Coronary angioplasty and different leaflets on Heart/blood vessels: condition leaflets

British Heart Foundation - Information about Angina

NICE - An independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health. Information is available for patients on the following:

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for the diagnosis and management of angina and myocardial infarction :understanding NICE guidance:

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta73

Acute coronary syndromes - glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (review): understanding NICE guidance

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/TA47/PublicInfo/pdf/English

Intraoperative fluorescence angiography for the evaluation of coronary artery bypass graft patency: understanding NICE guidance : http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG98/PublicInfo/pdf/English

Percutaneous laser revascularisation for refractory angina pectoris: understanding NICE guidance

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG302/PublicInfo/pdf/English

Transmyocardial laser revascularisation for refractory angina pectoris: understanding NICE guidance

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/IPG301/PublicInfo/pdf/English

Other Language Leaflets

From NHS - Angina (please note information last updated in 2008)

 Portuguese | Somali | Spanish | Turkish

 

British Heart Foundation - Provides information booklets in other languages

 

Local Information

 

British Heart Foundation: Offers support, local groups and a lot of information both online and in other media. Contact: 14 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6DH Tel: 020 7935 0185 Helpline: 0845 070 8070

Hounslow contact: 1 Hounslow , 164 High Street, Hounslow. Middlesex. TW3 1BQ.

 

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. National Helpline 01223 846845.

 

Other Local information can be found at London Borough of Hounslow

 

See also heart diseases

Useful Websites

British Heart Foundation

HEART UK 

 

For more information see heart diseases

 

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