Heart Health
Heart Health And Care Video Library
How to Measure Your Blood Pressure
What Happens if I Have An Irregular Pulse?
Heart Heroes
Heart Heroes works with children and their families living with congenital heart disease and conditions.
Telephone: 07951 835360
Facebook: @heartheroesglos
Website: www.heartheroes.co.uk
Local Support Groups
Where the Heart is Support and Social Group
Contact Pearl Stokes
Telephone: 01452 712058
Email: pearlstokes@ukgateway.net
Gloucestershire Heart Support Group
Chairman Mr Norman Tebworth
Telephone: 01452 712489 or Mobile: 07870 895273
Email: norman.tebworth@btinternet.com
Gloucester Take Heart Support Group
Contact Ernest Way
Telephone: 01242 678443
Electrocardiogram
An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a simple test that can be used to check your heart’s rhythm and electrical activity.
Flu Vaccinations and Long Term Heart Conditions
This leaflet is for patients with long term heart conditions and explains the importance of having an annual flu vaccination to protect you from getting the flu virus: Heart Disease and the Flu Vaccine
Patients Taking Heart Medication and COVID-19 Advice
If you are taking heart medication, or need support, please see here for more information.
The British Heart Foundation
The British Heart Foundation fund over £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them.
Website: www.bhf.org.uk
Echocardiogram
An echocardiogram, or “echo”, is a scan used to look at the heart and nearby blood vessels.
Angiography
Angiography is a type of X-ray used to check the blood vessels. Blood vessels don’t show up clearly on a normal X-ray, so a special dye needs to be injected into your blood first. This highlights your blood vessels, allowing your doctor to spot any problems.