Health Topics

Congenital Heart Disease
Health information topics about Congenital Heart Disease:

Anatomy/Physiology

    1. Blood Flow Through a Healthy Heart
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3400/3450.asp?index=...

    2. Fetal Heart
    Texas Heart Institute
    http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/fetal_ht.html

Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Defects, Congenital
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006330&recruiting...

    2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Murmurs
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006337&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

    1. Frequently Asked Questions about Fetal Echocardiog
    American Society of Echocardiography
    http://www.seemyheart.org/fe.html

    2. What Are Holter, Event and Transtelephonic Monitor
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005149

    3. How a Cardiologist Diagnoses Heart Defects
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=152

    4. Frequently Asked Questions about Pediatric Echocar
    American Society of Echocardiography
    http://www.seemyheart.org/ped.html

    5. Exercise Tests
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005157

    6. Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG)
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005172

    7. Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00012

    8. Doppler Study
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00511

    9. Cyanosis
    Texas Heart Institute
    http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/cyanosis.html

    10. Chest X-Rays: Helping Detect Heart and Lung Condit
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00019

    11. Cardiac Ultrasound and Doppler Echocardiography
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005161

    12. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005170

Dictionaries/Glossaries

    1. Children & Heart Disease: Glossary
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1450

    2. Glossary of Childhood Onset Heart Disease
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_15.htm

    3. Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms
    Society of Thoracic Surgeons
    http://www.sts.org/doc/3564

Directories

    1. Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
    Society of Thoracic Surgeons
    http://www.sts.org/sections/membership/findamember/

    2. Cardiology Services
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/cardiology/index.htm

Disease Management

    1. Your Child's Special Needs
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=179

    2. Keeping Your Heart Healthy
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11080

Genetics

    1. Genetics Home Reference: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=22q112deletionsyndrome

    2. Genetics Home Reference: Andersen-Tawil syndrome
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=andersentawilsyndrome

    3. Genetics Home Reference: Down syndrome
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=downsyndrome

    4. Genetics Home Reference: Jervell and Lange-Nielsen
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=jervellandlangenielsensyndrome

    5. Genetics Home Reference: Noonan syndrome
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=noonansyndrome

    6. Genetics Home Reference: Romano-Ward syndrome
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=romanowardsyndrome

    7. Genetics Home Reference: Turner syndrome
    National Library of Medicine
    http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=turnersyndrome

    8. Genetic Counseling for Adults with Congenital Hear
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11083

National Institutes of Health

    1. What Is Congenital Heart Disease?
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/chd/chd_what.html

Nutrition

    1. Feeding Your Infant with Congenital Heart Disease
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4885

Organizations

    1. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

    2. Congenital Heart Information Network

    http://tchin.org/

    3. American Heart Association

    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

Overviews

    1. Congenital Cardiovascular Defects
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4565

    2. Congenital Heart Defects
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1212.asp

Pictures/Diagrams

    1. Slide Show: Common Types of Congenital Heart Defec
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CC00026

Related Issues

    1. Congenital Heart Disease and Your Baby: How to Car
    American Academy of Family Physicians
    http://familydoctor.org/375.xml

    2. Insurance, Legal Issues and Advance Directives
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11084

    3. Physical Activity and Exercise
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11081

    4. Protein-Losing Enteropathy After the Fontan Operat
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_04.htm

    5. Sudden Cardiac Death
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_21_.htm

    6. What Is a Pediatric Heart Surgeon?
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    http://www.aap.org/sections/sap/he3014.pdf

    7. If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/ill/if_heart_defect.html

Research

    1. When the Heart's Electrical System Goes Haywi
    American College of Physicians
    http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/137/12/I-43

    2. Sudden Death in Military Recruits
    American College of Physicians
    http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/11/I-26

Specific Conditions

    1. Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11066

    2. Ventricular Septal Defect
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/vsd/vsd_what.html

    3. Velocardiofacial Syndrome
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
    http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/velocario.asp

    4. Transposition of the Great Arteries
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11074

    5. Atrial Septal Defect
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/asd/asd_what.html

    6. Aortic Regurgitation
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4448

    7. Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): A Parent's Gu
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_16.htm

    8. Heart Murmurs and Your Child
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/murmurs.html

    9. Truncus Arteriosus
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11073

    10. Tricuspid Atresia
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1310

    11. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    Texas Heart Institute
    http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/lefthear.html

    12. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1353

    13. Atrial Septal Defects in Adults
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00380

    14. Atrioventricular Canal Defect
    Texas Heart Institute
    http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/canal.html

    15. Coarctation of the Aorta
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11069

    16. Complete Atrioventricular Canal (CAVC)
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11067

    17. Heart Murmurs: Can They Develop Later in Life?
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00093

    18. Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy
    American Heart Association
    http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/108/17/e118.pdf

    19. Congenital Valve Defects in Adults
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/congenital/con...

    20. Ebstein's Anomaly
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11075

    21. Innocent, Physiological and Functional Heart Murmu
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=170

    22. Long Q-T Syndrome
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=993

    23. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1315

    24. Tetralogy of Fallot
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/tof/tof_what.html

    25. Tetralogy of Fallot
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11071

    26. Single-Ventricle Defects
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11072

    27. Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11070

    28. Pulmonary Atresia
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1303

    29. Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3400/3456.asp?index=...

    30. Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3400/3454.asp?index=...

    31. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11065

    32. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/pda/pda_what.html

Statistics

    1. Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Statistics
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4576

    2. Youth and Cardiovascular Diseases--Statistics
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1075790728898FS11YTH4.pdf

Treatment

    1. Atrial Septal Defects: Surgical and Transcatheter
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_14.htm

    2. Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Treatments
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4580

    3. Heart Transplants in Infants and Children
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4589

    4. How Is a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closed Using a
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3400/3455.asp?index=...

    5. How Is an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closed Using
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3400/3448.asp?index=...

    6. Medical Treatment
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1488

    7. New Alternatives to Open Heart Surgery for Childre
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1700/1780.asp?index=...

    8. New Devices Treat Heart Defects
    Food and Drug Administration
    http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/202_heart.html

    9. Pulmonic Stenosis and Balloon Valvuloplasty
    Congenital Heart Information Network
    http://tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_02.htm

    10. Treating Congenital Heart Defects
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HB00044

Women

    1. Sex, Pregnancy and Birth Control
    American Heart Association
    http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11082

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