The
amazing heart
Hearts are amazing. They pump millions of gallons of blood
around our bodies throughout our lives, without stopping for a rest.
But what would happen if
you were born with a heart that didn’t work properly?
We want to find babies with broken
hearts before it is too late, so that they get the best care &
treatment - even before they are born.
What you can do:
1. Find out about hearts & design your own heart poster to
show a
heart problem.
There are some suggestions on the
right (in "Exploring the heart") and our web site will help you.
2. Find out how we can detect heart problems using high
frequency sound - known as "medical ultrasound". What was
ultrasound originally used for?
3. Create a heart badge so that you can tell people about
babies with heart problems.
Contact us
If you have questions, need more
information or want to send us your comments and questions, please
contact us
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Exploring the heart
There are many things to find out about the heart, how it develops,
what can go wrong and who can help:
The Heart:
Your heart – what makes it tick?
How does the heart develop in the first weeks
of life?
Why is a heart different before birth & afterwards?
What does "congenital" mean?
What can go wrong with the heart?
Ultrasound:
How can you see sound ("ultrasound")?
What is a sonographer?
What does a heart look like in ultrasound?
Who or what is "Doppler"?
Medicine:
What is an obstetrician?
What is a cardiologist?
What do all these different doctors do?
Why do we have a special cardiac unit?
What part does genetics play in heart problems?
Finding out more
This web site can provide some of the answers, and it also has links to
other web sites, such as the BHF (www.bhf.org.uk)
and you can visit your local library.
Visit the
award-winning web-site,
the
Heart
House, which uses diagrams & movies to show how
the heart works and what happens when there are problems, in a house-shaped
heart.
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