Congenital Heart Disease

• Latest News
• Cluster Headache Linked to Heart Defect (10/22/2004, Reuters Health)
• New Technique Treats Heart Defect in Babies (10/14/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• What Is Congenital Heart Disease? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Overviews
• Congenital Cardiovascular Defects (American Heart Association)
• Congenital Heart Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Blood Flow Through a Healthy Heart (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination (American Heart Association)
• Cardiac Ultrasound and Doppler Echocardiography (American Heart Association)
• Chest X-Rays: Helping Detect Heart and Lung Conditions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Doppler Study (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Echocardiogram: Sound Imaging of the Heart (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - RealPlayer plug-in is required to view video files
• 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
• 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 Devices Treat Heart Defects (Food and Drug Administration)
• Pulmonic Stenosis and Balloon Valvuloplasty (Congenital Heart Information Network)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Defects, Congenital (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Aortic Regurgitation (American Heart Association)
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) (American Heart Association)
• Coarctation of the Aorta (American Heart Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Complete Atrioventricular Canal (CAVC) (American Heart Association)
• Congenital Heart Defects in Adults (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Congenital Valve Defects in Adults (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Ebstein's Anomaly (American Heart Association)
• Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• 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)
• Long Q-T Syndrome (American Heart Association)
• 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 (VSD) (American Heart Association)

• Nutrition
• Feeding Your Infant with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) (American Heart Association)

• Disease Management
• Keeping Your Heart Healthy (American Heart Association)
• Your Child's Special Needs (American Heart Association)

• 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 File

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Down syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Noonan 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)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Children & Heart Disease: Glossary (American Heart Association)
• Glossary of Childhood Onset Heart Disease (Congenital Heart Information Network)

• Directories
• Cardiology Services (Congenital Heart Information Network)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• Congenital Heart Information Network
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Statistics
• Congenital Cardiovascular Defects Statistics (American Heart Association)

• Women
• Sex, Pregnancy and Birth Control (American Heart Association)