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Congenital Heart Disease
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Pictures/Diagrams
- Nutrition
- Disease Management
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Research
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Directories
- Organizations
- Statistics
- Women
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- What Is Congenital Heart Disease? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Congenital Cardiovascular Defects (American Heart Association)
- Congenital Heart Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination (American Heart Association)
- Cyanosis (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Doppler Ultrasound (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Echocardiography (Ultrasound of the Heart) (American Heart Association)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) (American Heart Association)
- Exercise Tests (American Heart Association)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Fetal Echocardiography (American Society of Echocardiography)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Pediatric Echocardiography (American Society of Echocardiography)
- How a Cardiologist Diagnoses Heart Defects (American Heart Association)
- What Are Holter, Event and Transtelephonic Monitors? (American Heart Association)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Atrial Septal Defects: Surgical and Transcatheter Management (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Treatments (American Heart Association)
- Heart Transplants in Infants and Children (American Heart Association)
- How Is a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closed Using a Catheter-Based Procedure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- How Is an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closed Using a Catheter-Based Procedure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Medical Treatment (American Heart Association)
- New Alternatives to Open Heart Surgery for Children (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- New Devices Treat Heart Defects (Food and Drug Administration)
- Pulmonic Stenosis and Balloon Valvuloplasty (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- Treating Congenital Heart Defects (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Pictures/Diagrams
- Pictures/Diagrams
- Slide Show: Common Types of Congenital Heart Defects (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Nutrition
- Nutrition
- Feeding Your Infant with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) (American Heart Association)
Disease Management
- Disease Management
- Keeping Your Heart Healthy (American Heart Association)
- Your Child's Special Needs (American Heart Association)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Aortic Regurgitation (American Heart Association)
- Atrial Septal Defect (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) (American Heart Association)
- Atrial Septal Defects in Adults (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Coarctation of the Aorta (American Heart Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Complete Atrioventricular Canal (CAVC) (American Heart Association)
- Congenital Valve Defects in Adults (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Ebstein's Anomaly (American Heart Association)
- Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF
- Heart Murmurs and Your Child (Nemours Foundation)
- Heart Murmurs: Can They Develop Later in Life? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (American Heart Association)
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Innocent, Physiological and Functional Heart Murmurs (American Heart Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Long Q-T Syndrome (American Heart Association)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): A Parent's Guide (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Pulmonary Atresia (American Heart Association)
- Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (American Heart Association)
- Single-Ventricle Defects (American Heart Association)
- Tetralogy of Fallot (American Heart Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Tetralogy of Fallot (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (American Heart Association)
- Transposition of the Great Arteries (American Heart Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Tricuspid Atresia (American Heart Association)
- Truncus Arteriosus (American Heart Association)
- Velocardiofacial Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Also available in: Spanish - Ventricular Septal Defect (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) (American Heart Association)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Congenital Heart Disease and Your Baby: How to Care for Your Baby (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- If Your Child Has a Heart Defect (Nemours Foundation)
- Insurance, Legal Issues and Advance Directives (American Heart Association)
- Physical Activity and Exercise (American Heart Association)
- Protein-Losing Enteropathy After the Fontan Operation (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- Sudden Cardiac Death (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- What Is a Pediatric Heart Surgeon? (American Academy of Pediatrics) - Links to PDF
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Defects, Congenital (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genetics Home Reference: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Andersen-Tawil syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Down syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Noonan syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Romano-Ward syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Turner syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetic Counseling for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
Research
- Research
- Sudden Death in Military Recruits (American College of Physicians)
- When the Heart's Electrical System Goes Haywire: The Congenital Long QT Syndrome (American College of Physicians)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Blood Flow Through a Healthy Heart (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Fetal Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
Also available in: Spanish
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Children & Heart Disease: Glossary (American Heart Association)
- Glossary of Childhood Onset Heart Disease (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Directories
- Directories
- Cardiology Services (Congenital Heart Information Network)
- Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Heart Association
- Congenital Heart Information Network
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Statistics
- Statistics
- Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Statistics (American Heart Association)
- Youth and Cardiovascular Diseases--Statistics (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF