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Easy read booklets

Our easy read booklets use simple language and pictures to support you in looking after your heart health. 

Keep your heart healthy in easy read

This booklet tells you:

  • what is heart disease
  • who is more at risk of getting heart disease
  • things you can do to keep your heart healthy. 

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About heart attacks in easy read

This booklet tells you:

  • what a heart attack is
  • what causes a heart attack
  • what tests you might have to check if you have had a heart attack. 

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Treating a heart attack in easy read

This booklet tells you

  • the treatments you might be offered if you've had a heart attack
  • how long it might take you to recover
  • the services that may be available to you.

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Information and support

For all your heart health questions, big or small. Get information and support on heart and circulatory diseases that you can trust.

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Treatments for heart and circulatory conditions

Learn more about the different treatments available for heart and circulatory conditions. Our expert-backed information covers everything you need to know about medicines, surgical procedures and heart devices.

Treatments
To find out more, or to support British Heart Foundation’s work, please visit www.bhf.org.uk. You can speak to one of our cardiac nurses by calling our helpline on 0808 802 1234 (freephone), Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. For general customer service enquiries, please call 0300 330 3322, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547. Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426