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Heart Publications

Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS) provides the following patient information on preventing and living with heart disease.

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Use our publications order form to order on line.

Booklets

• Living With Angina H1 [5.09M PDF]
• Living With A Healthy Heart H2 [2.62M PDF]
• Understanding Heart Disease H3 [963K PDF]
• Living with High Blood Pressure H4 [1.33M PDF]
• Living With Heart Failure H5 [5.23M PDF]
• Living With A Pacemaker H6 [1.01M PDF]
• Heart Attack: A Guide To Your Recovery H7 [797K PDF]

Factsheets

• Salt F2 [1.79M PDF]
• Cholesterol F3 [65.6K PDF]
• Warfarin F4 [46.7K PDF]
• Holiday Information F6 [83.7K PDF]
• Sympathetic Insurance Companies F7 [4.28M PDF]
• Suggested Booklist F8 [182K PDF]
• Air Travel For Those Affected By Chest, Heart And Stroke Illness F13 [777K PDF]
• Diabetes: The Links With Heart Disease And Stroke F17 [52.1K PDF]
• Illustrated Risk Factors (Ethnic Minority) F20 [382K PDF]
• Illustrated Risk Factors (General Audience) F21 [474K PDF]
• How To Make The Most Of A Visit To Your Doctor F22 [405K PDF]
• Healthy Eating F24 [78.3K PDF]
• Living With Stress And Anxiety F23 [169K PDF]
• Understanding Help In The Community F26 [171K PDF]

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Videos/DVDs

• Heart Attack: A Guide To Your Recovery
• Bill Paterson introduces patients and carers who describe their experience of heart attack, their recovery and share their feelings about the future.

• Living with Heart Failure
  

  CHSS produced a video/DVD called Living with Heart Failure. Presented by Tom Cotcher, it features people who have had heart failure and looks at the practical steps that can be taken to control and monitor their condition once a diagnosis of heart failure has been made.

• A living with heart failure booklet accompanies the video/DVD with a special pocket at the back to hold medicines and weight charts.

How To Order

• you can order up to 100 chest, heart and stroke booklets plus up to 100 booklets at a time free of charge if you live in Scotland. (Maximum order is one per month. Please allow 28 days for delivery.)
• orders over 100 booklets are charged at 20p per item
• orders over 100 factsheets are charged at 10p per item

Use our online publications order form or call the CHSS publication department on 0131 225 6963/fax 0131 220 6313 or email us at publications@chss.org.uk with any enquiries.

All CHSS literature is written and reviewed by health professionals and is based on current research guidelines for the conditions concerned.

CHSS takes no responsibility for the consequences of error, loss or damage suffered by users of any information published on these pages and the downloaded literature.

The information on this page does not replace the advice of your doctor or healthcare professional. If you have concerns or queries about any aspect of your health, please seek advice from a properly qualified health worker.

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