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Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day.
It pumps about 23,000 litres of blood around your body. But what happens when it doesn't work as well as it should?
We explain what happens when the function of your heart is affected, the tests you may undergo, how it can be treated - and information about your recovery. We have information on other everyday life issues such as driving and returning to work.
You can also find out about our essential resources and how to get support.

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Formed in the UK in 1973 and registered as a charity in 1974, the Children's Heart Association (formerly The Association for Children with Heart Disorders) is a support group run by families and friends of cardiac children for families with, or who have had, children with heart disorders.

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Different Strokes is a registered charity providing a unique, free service to younger stroke survivors throughout the United Kingdom. Our services and the number of stroke survivors benefiting from them have grown dramatically since we were formed in 1996. We are run by stroke survivors for stroke survivors, for active self help and mutual support.

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There are estimated to be over 150000 adults who were born with a heart disease in England and Wales. The number is made greater with those living in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Over half will experience medical and social problems at some time in their adult lives.

The Grown Up Congenital Heart (GUCH) Patients Associations' mission is to help adults who were born with a heart condition cope with their condition and champion their rights within all aspects of life.

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We are a group of young people who are growing up with a heart problem. We either go to High School or Sixth Form. We meet together in the teenage room at the new Manchester Childrens Hospital about 6 times a year. We have designed this website for each other and to give other young people the opportunity to have access to information about living with their heart problem. If you would like to join us we would love to meet you.

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Megan Baker House is a charity providing FREE Conductive Education Services to children and teenagers with motor disabilities such as cerebral palsy, head injury, stroke, dyspraxia and adults with parkinson's disease.
Megan Baker House provides a range of sessions and activities designed to encourage development of physical independence, social and communication skills as well as teaching life skills.

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The Children's Heart Federation is the leading children’s heart charity and the umbrella body for voluntary organisations working to meet the needs of children and young people with heart conditions and their families.

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The Study of Outcome of Childhood Stroke is a research project funded by The Stroke Association and co-ordinated at the Institute of Child Life and Health, University of Bristol.
The aim of the study is to investigate the epidemiology of stroke in children and to research children's outcome following stroke. The study has been granted multi-site ethical approval by the National Research Ethics Service and the study started recruiting participants from 1st July 2008. SOCS has been adopted onto the UK Clinical Research Network Study Portfolio .

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Tiny Tickers is concerned with improving the care of heart disease in babies, before birth.
We are an independent, international charity, based in the UK.
Our Trustees are concerned parents who are supported by medical experts in the UK and Europe.

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Established in 1992, Wessex Heartbeat is one of the region's major charities and exists to support the work of the Wessex Cardiac Centre (WCC).

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