Fort Dix is named for Major General Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Fort Dix is part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) and is co-located with McGuire AFB and Lakehurst NAS in Burlington County, New Jersey. ECRC, Detachment Fort Dix Navy LNO Contact Information. Phone: (609) 562-3393/ 6823.
Congenital Heart Disease in Children with Down Syndrome. Children with Down syndrome are at a much higher risk for congenital heart disease. As a comparison: the incidence of congenital heart disease in the general population is 0.8 percent. The incidence of congenital heart disease in children with Down syndrome is between 40-60 percent. Some heart defects can be left alone with careful monitoring while others require surgery to correct the problem.
Coarctation of the aorta is a type of congenital heart disease. There is a narrowing in part of the aorta, the main artery that leaves the left side of the heart. The degree of narrowing can vary from person to person.oarctation of the aorta is a type of congenital heart disease. (A congenital condition is a condition that you are born with.) There are a number of different types of congenital heart disease. Coarctation of the aorta is just one type.