Genetic Information Service
Information and support on inherited heart conditions
Around 500 young people die
suddenly each year with apparantly no explanation or cause of
death, leaving families devastated and bewildered. Often the cause
of death is due to an inherited
heart condition.
The BHF new Genetic Information Service
(GIS) can help you deal with the consequences of
losing a loved one or of being
diagnosed with an inherited heart condition.
The service can support you
and your family by helping
you get an expert assessment in a
specialist clinic that deals with inherited heart conditions. This
assessment could help to detect and
treat an inherited heart condition in you and
other family members, potentially saving lives.
If someone in your family has been
diagnosed with or died from an inherited heart condition call
GIS on 0300 456 8383. Lines are open from 9am to 6pm
Monday to Friday (calls are charged at local rate).
More Information
Read about the inherited heart condition
cardiomyopathy.
Download or
order our booklets on Inherited heart
conditions:
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