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GLOSSARY AND REFERENCES
The Promise of Heart Health: Internet Visiting Program
Additional Support from Mended Hearts
Get back on your feet after your heart diagnosis! When
Group Meetings you get home, get online to get our help and support.
Virtual visits via email with heart patients, caregivers, and
Communication is key to coping after diagnosis, families are available. Connect with an Internet visitor by
treatment, or surgery for heart disease. Your local Mended emailing support@mendedhearts.org.
Hearts chapter hosts regular support group meetings,
where heart patients and families support one another. Toll-Free Help Line
Chapters also regularly host meetings with health care
professionals who can provide valuable information and We’re also a toll-free phone call away. Dial
answer questions. 1-888-HEART99 (1-888-423-7899) to speak to a
representative who can answer questions, address any
Visiting Program concerns you have, and connect you with a Mended
Hearts chapter and fellow heart survivor in your area.
Accredited visitors, with the support of hospitals and
clinics, serve heart patients by listening, sharing their Mended Little Hearts
experiences, and empathizing with their anxieties and
concerns. Heart patients and families gain hope by We also have groups to support and encourage families
meeting members who have survived heart disease and of children with congenital heart disease or defects. Learn
are now healthy. more at www.mendedlittlehearts.org.
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