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Downs Heart Group

Downs Heart Group


Downs Heart Group

Down's Heart Group, is a charity in the UK offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down's Syndrome. We hope you find the content on our web site useful, however, this is only part of the specialised help available to parents and professionals, including:



  • one to one support

  • telephone helpline

  • newsletters


The Group aims to provide unbiased, up to date facts, thus enabling individuals to make informed choices. If we can help you or someone you know, please contact us.


 

The web site includes these information pages that have been written by Down's Heart Group from a parent's perspective, however, ALL items of a medical nature have been checked for accuracy by professionals in the appropriate medical field.


  • The Normal Heart

  • Atrial Septal Defect

  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect

  • AVSD with Fallot's

  • Fallot's

  • Patent Foramen Ovale

  • Persistant Ductus Arteriosus

  • Ventricular Septal Defect

  • Obstruction Defects

  • Anaesthesia

  • Blalock, Glenn & Fontan Procedures

  • Cardiac Catheterisation

  • Drugs Used to Treat Patients with Congenital Heart Conditions

  • Eisenmenger Complex

  • Heart Lung Transplants

  • Intensive Care Unit

  • Medical Terms Explained

  • Non Invasive tests

  • Oxygen Therapy

  • Pulmonary Hypertension

  • The Heart Team

  • Dental Care

  • Feeding Problems

  • Health Checks

  • Infective Endocarditis

  • About Grief

  • Book List

  • Factsheet

  • Questions to Ask

  • Screening & Tests

  • Second opinion - Changing unit

  • Travel Advice


PO Box 4260
Dunstable, Beds, LU6 2ZT
United Kingdom

Contact Information
Phone: 0844 288 4800
Fax: 0844 288 4808
Contact Person: Penny Green, Director



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