Diagnostic Tests:

Treatments:

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Support Organizations

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Hotlines
National Child Abuse Hotline
1.800.422.4453 (1-800-4-A-Child)

The National Domestic Violence Hotline
1.800.799.7233 (1-800-799-SAFE)

Poison Control
1.800.222.1222

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1.800.273.8255 (1-800-273-TALK)

Cardiovascular Disease
American Heart Association
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) Support
Society for Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome

Congenital Heart Defect
Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA)
Children's Heart Foundation
The Grown Up Congenital Heart Patients Association

Open Heart Surgery
Mended Hearts

Smoking Cessation
You Can Quit Smoking

General Health Care Resources
Consumer Health Education Center
Family Caregiver Alliance
Safe Medication