Pediatric Heart Conditions and Problems: Signs, Symptoms, Diagnoses and Treatments
- Posted by Peter on June 7th, 2008 filed in Pediatric
Most children are born with a normal, healthy heart. In some cases, though, children are born with defects or abnormalities, known as cardiac anomalies.
The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Heart Center Encyclopedia provides detailed information on cardiac anomalies, signs and symptoms, diagnoses and treatment options:
Aortic Valvar Stenosis
Atrial Septal Defect
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Coarctation of the Aorta
Ebstein’s Anomaly
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Interrupted Aortic Arch / Ventricular Septic Defect
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Pulmonary Valvar Stenosis
Single Ventricle Anomalies
Tetralogy of Fallot
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Tricuspid Atresia
Truncus Arteriosus
Vascular Rings
Ventricular Septal Defect
Source: www.cincinnatichildrens.org