61. Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Strong Heart And Vascular Center congenital heart disease is a result of a disease or disorder of the heart A specific cause for congenital heart disease is unknown, but research has http://www.stronghealth.com/services/cardiology/Conditions/congenital.cfm

@import "/css/Strongw3c.css"; Search: Search Help Cardiology Call 911 Our Providers ... Pediatric Cardiology More Information Cardiology News Strong Heart and Vascular Center Heart Conditions Adult Congenital Heart Disease What is Congenital Heart Disease? Congenital Heart Disease is a result of a disease or disorder of the heart that develops before birth, as opposed to heart disease which can develop as a person ages. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, and occur in about 1% of all live births. Understanding the Heart Causes of Congenital Heart Disease A specific cause for congenital heart disease is unknown, but research has established several potential contributors to heart defects, including: Heredity - Sometimes, but rarely, the defect is genetic. Other medical conditions - Congenital birth defects such as Down's syndrome can involve the heart as well as other organs.

62. Will's Heart Page An overview of our son's congenital heart disease. Links and information for families of children with heart defects. http://www.mindspring.com/~trkwapil/

Welcome to Will's Heart Page This page is a testament to and a celebration of Will's courage and forbearance. It is dedicated to all of the wonderful family, friends, doctors, nurses, and therapists who have loved and cared for Will. Thank you for your unceasing efforts, your laughter, and your tears. You have truly helped to give us the most wonderful gift possible. TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to follow the links) A few caveats before you proceed... An open letter ... A summary of our legal actions in this matter (including an overview of sovereign immunity laws) Photograph Archive A primer for parents of children with congenital heart disease (coming soon) A sample Statement of Patient Rights Acknowledgments Links (where to go for information, support, and advocacy) Thanks again for all of your love and assistance, Click here for the beta version of our java enhanced site Click here to email us Click here to view our awards! Back This Congenital Heart Disease webring site is owned by Tom Kwapil Next Page Skip Next Page Previous Page ... Random Page Next

63. Virtual Hospital: Department Of Internal Medicine: The Adult With Congenital Hea The Adult with congenital heart disease Frequently Asked Questions What exactlyis congenital heart disease? Isn t it a condition you are born with? http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/internalmedicine/faq/adultcongenitalheart.html

The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease: Frequently Asked Questions Kevin Mulhern,* M.D. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics *Currently Private Practice, Kansas City, KS First Published: March 2000 Last Revised: January 2004 Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed What exactly is congenital heart disease? Isn't it a condition you are born with? That is correct. The word congenital means born with, and this is different than the more common heart diseases that people acquire sometime after birth either from infection, coronary artery disease, trauma, and other problems. Does congenital heart disease last a lifetime? Yes, it does. The congenital heart problem is always there although it can often be made much better as a result of surgery or treatment with a catheter-based therapy. Many children born with heart problems live to be active, normally functioning adults, and there are some heart conditions that people are born with that are so well tolerated that sometimes they are not even discovered until the person is a young adult or even elderly. What are the treatment options for congenital heart disease for a child and an adult?

64. Virtual Children's Hospital: Surgical Correction Of Congenital Heart Disease See related Provider Topics congenital heart disease, Genetics/Birth Defects,Heart and Circulation, Procedures and Therapies, Surgeries or Surgery. http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/surgery/SurgicalCHD/

Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease Editors: Christopher A. Caldarone, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Natisha P. Busick, B.S. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Douglas M. Behrendt, M.D. Professor Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Matthew Nims, B.S. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery John T. Milleman, B.S. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Associate Editors: Ralph Delius, M.D. Alfredo R. Ramirez, M.D. Thomas Fagan, M.D. The University of Iowa Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed First Published: March 2000 Last Revised: May 2004 Table of Contents Arterial Switch Operation Atrial Septal Defect Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome ... This Site's Awards, Reviews and Comments This information is written primarily for providers. See related Provider Textbooks about Surgery See related Provider Topics Congenital Heart Disease Genetics/Birth Defects Heart and Circulation Procedures and Therapies ... Surgeries or Surgery See related Patient Textbooks about Surgery See related Patient Topics Congenital Heart Disease Genetics/Birth Defects Heart and Circulation Procedures and Therapies ... Surgeries or Surgery Virtual Hospital Home Virtual Children's Hospital Home Site Map ... University of Iowa http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/surgery/SurgicalCHD/index.html

65. Heart Care | Congenital Heart Disease Our congenital heart disease program is among the most expert in the nation In addition, adults with congenital heart disease are treated by our adult http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/medical_services/heart_center/congenital/

University of California, San Francisco About UCSF Search Welcome Hospitals and Clinics Appointments Billing ... Other Resources Congenital Heart Disease Print Format Children born with heart defects from throughout the West come to UCSF Children's Hospital for treatment because of our three decades of expertise in discovering the basis of inborn heart ailments and offering the best available diagnosis and treatments for these disorders. The American Heart Association estimates at least 8 out of every 1,000 infants born each year have heart defects. Many of these defects are minor and some don't cause problems until adulthood. Others are serious conditions that require the surgical expertise found at regional pediatric heart centers like UCSF Children's Hospital. Congenital heart defects are much different from the acquired heart disease that strikes adults. They require advanced techniques and knowledge to diagnose and coordinate treatments tailored for each child's unique condition. Increasingly, repairs begin with newborns so that the growing child doesn't develop further problems to compensate for a defective heart. Repairs may involve both open-heart surgery and less invasive procedures. Our congenital heart disease program is among the most expert in the nation in repair of complex defects in newborn and infant hearts, such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Our Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Center is a leader in diagnosing and repairing heart problems, using miniature instruments to open blood vessels and close holes in tiny hearts. Our pediatric electrophysiology program was the first in the world to use minimally invasive techniques to treat and often cure heart rhythm disorders.

66. Heart Care | Congenital Heart Disease | Aortic Stenosis It is 16th in ranking of serious infant heart conditions but is the second mostcommon congenital disease in middle age. Aortic stenosis can be mild, http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/medical_services/heart_center/congenital/con

University of California, San Francisco About UCSF Search Welcome Hospitals and Clinics Appointments Billing ... Other Resources Congenital Heart Disease Aortic Stenosis Signs and Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Signs and Symptoms Aortic stenosis is when the valve between the heart and aorta is deformed and too narrow to allow healthy blood flow. The aorta is the blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to branch arteries throughout the body. The valves in the heart are like little one-way doors that allow blood to flow in the appropriate direction. A healthy aortic valve is made up of three flaps called leaflets that open and close together. When oxygenated blood leaves the lungs, it goes into the left side of the heart and exits into the aorta. When the aortic valve is deformed, blood may "back-up" into the heart and lungs. Aortic stenosis can be a congenital condition although it also can be caused by other conditions. At one time, it often was associated with childhood rheumatic fever, which has become less common. There are three types of aortic stenosis: Valvar, in which the valve opening has only one or two leaflets

67. From The Cleveland Clinic: Congenital Heart Disease Health Information on congenital heart disease,con heartabnormality,Treatments,treatment,heart defect,congenital cardiac structuraldefects,Heart,cardiac http://my.webmd.com/content/pages/9/1675_57849.htm

WebMD Today Home WebMD News Center XML News via RSS Member Services WebMD University My WebMD Find a Physician Medical Info Check Symptoms Medical Library Health Tools Clinical Trials ... Women, Men, Lifestyle Who We Are About WebMD Site Map You are in Choose a Topic All Conditions ADD/ADHD Allergies Alzheimer's Arthritis Asthma Back Pain Bipolar Disorder Breast Cancer Cancer Cholesterol Management Dental Depression Diabetes Epilepsy Eye Health Heart Disease Hepatitis HIV/AIDS Hypertension Men's Conditions Mental Health Migraines/Headaches Multiple Sclerosis Osteoporosis Parkinson's Sexual Conditions Stroke Weight Control Women's Conditions WebMD Medical Reference in collaboration with Get the Facts Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors Abnormal Heart Rhythms Other Heart Problems Heart Failure Heart Valve Disease Congenital Heart Disease Heart Muscle Disease ... To the Heart Center Heart Disease: Congenital Heart Disease Congenital heart disease is a type of defect or malformation in one or more structures of the heart or blood vessels that occurs before birth. Congenital heart defects occur while the fetus is developing in the uterus and affect 8-10 out of every 1,000 children.

68. PLAIN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Congenital ventricular diverticulum. Conjoined twins. Conjoined twins.......PLAIN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF congenital heart disease Condition http://www.bcm.edu/radiology/cases/pediatric/

PLAIN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Colin McMahon, M.B.BCh. Edward Singleton, M.D. Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas Texas Heart Institute Edward B. Singleton Diagnostic Imaging Service Hypertext fomatting: Joseph Magee, Ph.D. 1. The normal chest radiograph Image and description. 2. Conditions with increased pulmonary vascularity. Atrial septal defect, secundum. Posteroanterior (PA) chest radiograph Condition Description: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Ventricular septal defect. Moderate left to right shunt PA chest radiograph Right anterior oblique view Large left to right shunt. PA chest radiograph Large left to right shunt. PA chest radiograph Right anterior oblique film and barium swallow Condition Description: Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Atrioventricular septal defect. Atrioventricular septal defect (Down syndrome). PA radiograph. Atrioventricular septal defect (Down syndrome). PA radiograph Condition Description: Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) Patent ductus arteriosus. Patent ductus arteriosus.

69. Congenital Heart Disease A list of sites providing information on the diagnosis and treatment of congenitalheart disease. http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/congenitaldisease/

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70. Overview Of Congenital Heart Disease, Congenital Heart Defects - Lucile Packard What causes congenital heart disease? The vast majority of congenital heartdefects have no known cause. Mothers will often wonder if something they did http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/cardiac/chd.html

Arrhythmia Service/Electrocardiography (ECG) Laboratory Cardiac Catheterization / Angiography Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery ... Two Hearts are Better than One for Toddler at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Cardiovascular Disorders Overview of Congenital Heart Disease Eight out of every 1,000 babies born in the United States have a congenital (present at birth) heart defect - a problem that occurred as the baby's heart was developing during pregnancy, before the baby is born. Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects. A baby's heart begins to develop at conception, but is completely formed by eight weeks into the pregnancy. Congenital heart defects happen during this crucial first eight weeks of the baby's development. Specific steps must take place in order for the heart to form correctly. Often, congenital heart defects are a result of one of these crucial steps not happening at the right time, leaving a hole where a dividing wall should have formed, or a single blood vessel where two ought to be, for example. What causes congenital heart disease?

71. Factors Contributing To Congenital Heart Disease - Lucile Packard Children's Hos Most mothers of babies born with congenital heart disease will look It isimportant to remember that most cases of congenital heart disease have no http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/cardiac/fcchd.html

Arrhythmia Service/Electrocardiography (ECG) Laboratory Cardiac Catheterization / Angiography Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery ... Two Hearts are Better than One for Toddler at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford Cardiovascular Disorders Factors Contributing to Congenital Heart Disease What causes congenital heart disease? A congenital heart defect (CHD) is a heart problem which is present at birth, caused by improper development of the heart during fetal development. In the majority of the instances when a baby is born with congenital heart disease, there is no known reason for the heart to have formed improperly. Scientists know that some types of congenital heart defects can be related to an abnormality of an infant's chromosomes (5 to 6 percent), single gene defects (3 to 5 percent), or environmental factors (2 percent). In 85 to 90 percent of cases, there is no identifiable cause for the heart defect, and they are generally considered to be caused by multifactorial inheritance. Multifactorial inheritance means that "many factors" (multifactorial) are involved in causing a birth defect. The factors are usually both genetic and environmental, where a combination of genes from both parents, in addition to unknown environmental factors, produce the trait or condition.

72. ► Congenital Heart Disease A medical encycopedia article on the topic congenital heart disease. http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001114.htm

var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='530'; awmAltUrl=''; Disease Nutrition Surgery Symptoms Injury ... Z Maryland Medical Center Programs Maryland Heart Center Home Medical Reference Encyclopedia (English) Toggle English Spanish Congenital heart disease Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention Definition: Congenital heart diseases are abnormalities of the heart's structure and function caused by abnormal or disordered heart development before birth. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a broad term that can describe a number of different abnormalities affecting the heart. Congenital heart disease is, by definition, present at birth although its effects may not be obvious immediately. In some cases, such as coarctation of the aorta , it may not present itself for many years and a few lesions such as a small ventricular septal defect VSD ) may never cause any problems and are compatible with normal physical activity and a normal life span. According to the American Heart Association, approximately 35,000 babies are born each year with some type of congenital heart defect. Congenital heart disease is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any other birth defects. Many of these defects need to be followed carefully; though some heal over time, others will require treatment Some congenital heart diseases can be treated with medication alone, while others require one or multiple surgical interventions. There has been significant improvement in the risk of death from congenital heart disease surgery, from approximately 30% in the 1960s and 1970s to approximately 5% today.

73. Congenital Heart Disease CHC Wausau Hospital s Medical Library and Patient Education Center providesresearch services and healthcare information to physicians, http://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00043590.html

Main Search Index Definition Description Causes ... Resources Congenital heart disease Definition Congenital heart disease includes a variety of malformations of the heart or its major blood vessels that are present at the birth of a child. Description Congenital heart disease occurs when the heart or blood vessels near the heart do not develop properly before birth. About eight out of every 1,000 newborns have congenital heart disease, which is the most frequent congenital malformation. About half of these cases require medical treatment. More than 500,000 patients with congenital heart disease in the United States have reached adulthood. Some of these had mild types of congenital heart disease, but most needed surgery in order to survive. Patients who had surgery are likely to experience other cardiac problems later in life. Congenital heart disease is also called congenital heart defect. Most types of congenital heart disease obstruct the flow of blood in the heart or the vessels near it, or cause an abnormal flow of blood through the heart. Rarer types of congenital heart disease occur when the newborn has only one ventricle, when the pulmonary artery and the aorta come out of the same ventricle, or when one side of the heart is not completely formed. Patent ductus arteriosus When the temporary blood vessel connecting the left pulmonary artery to the aorta in the fetus does not close in the newborn, some of the blood that should flow through the aorta returns to the lungs.

74. Coronary Heart Disease : The Department Of Health - P&G: Health Topics: Coronary Work on services for adults with congenital heart disease. Congenital heartdisease services do not have specific targets to drive service improvement as http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/CoronaryHeartDi

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75. 3-D Visualization Of Congenital Heart Disease congenital heart disease. by Susanne Shamsolkottabi, Janice CookGranroth, WilliamStanford, MD, Simon Kao, MD, congenital heart disease Overview http://dpi.radiology.uiowa.edu/nlm/app/cnjheart/cnjheart.html

3-D Visualization of Congenital Heart Disease by Susanne Shamsolkottabi, Janice Cook-Granroth, William Stanford, M.D., Simon Kao, M.D., Kevin Baskin, M.D., and Eric Hoffman, Ph.D. at the University of Iowa Congenital Heart Disease Overview Patient Scan Protocol Case Studies Examples in the Literature Other Relate Web Sites Submitting Protocols of Your Own Division of Physiologic Imaging, Dept. of Radiology, Univ. of Iowa Tutorials DPI Homepage VIDA NLM ... Search Last modified: Wed Jun 2 11:01:49 CDT

76. Cove Point - The Congenital Heart Disease Resource pediatric cardiology congenital heart disease. This information site forpediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease was developed under the http://www.pted.org/ptedindex.php

List of Topics Home Page Contact Links ... Credits Welcome! This information site for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease was developed under the medical direction of Allen D. Everett, MD and William D. Hammill, MD and was made possible by a generous grant from THE COVE POINT FOUNDATION This site requires a Flash Player version 5 or later to be viewed. Free download available HERE Request 1 of 3 FREE 11"x25" Posters! ASD/VSD HLHS Just click on the picture to send us your name and mailing address. SPANISH version of ASD/VSD Poster also available! Click here! We are all about patient education for Pediatric Cardiology, covering all you need to know about Congenital Heart Disease! If your child has a heart defect, we can help you learn more about children's heart disease.

77. NONCARDIAC DEFECTS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: 14(3) congenital heart disease in King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraidah. Syndrome of congenital cardiac disease with asplenia. In Heart disease in infants, http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/143/93010.html

May 1994 NONCARDIAC DEFECTS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Femi Olufemi Jaiyesimi, FRCP(Lond), DCH(Lond); Dawala K. Ruberu, MRCP(UK), DCH(Lond) From the Departments of Pediatric Cardiology (Dr. Jaiyesimi) and Pediatrics (Dr. Ruberu), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah. Address reprint requests and correspondence to Dr. Jaiyesimi: King Fahd Specialist Hospital, P.O. Box 2290, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia. Accepted for publication 16 May 1993. Ann Saudi Med 1994;14(3):183-186. Within the last two decades, rapid advances in health care provision have been made in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.1 An example of this remarkable progress is the provision of excellent surgical care facilities for children with congenital heart disease (CHD), such that cardiac surgery is now a routine event in designated centers in the Kingdom. A complete medical examination, which is a prerequisite for cardiac surgery, entails the detection and evaluation of any associated non-cardiac defects (NCD). In this regard, a knowledge of the general incidence and types of such NCD in a particular region would be useful since it could serve as a guide during the preoperative assessment of individual patients. We have therefore studied the NCD in Saudi children who presented to us with CHD and report our findings. Patients and Methods Results Incidence Of the 320 children with CHD, 80 (25%) had associated NCD. These 80 comprised 41 males and 39 females, and their mean age at diagnosis (17.4

78. Congenital Heart Diseases Followup of infants with congenital heart disease should follow the schedule All aspects of congenital heart disease are offered treatment at KFSH RC. http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/cardiovascular/html/congenital_heart_diseases.html

KFSHRC Home Cardiovascular Diseases Department What is an Atrial Septal Defect? What is a Ventricular Septal Defect? ... http://www.aafp.org/afp/990401ap/1857.html What is an Atrial Septal Defect ? The two upper chambers of the heart are called the right and left atrium. They are separated by a "wall" , called the ATRIAL SEPTUM. Sometimes, this "wall" is not complete. There is a HOLE in it. This hole is called an Atrial Septal Defect - or ASD , in short ! ASD's may be large or small, single or multiple. The heart may be normal in all other ways, or there may be other defects too. http://www.bharatonline.com/heart/htcod6.html What is a Ventricular Septal Defect? I have discussed atrial septal defects before. Well, ventricular septal defects - also called VSD - are similar. A VSD is a "hole" in the wall between the two lower chambers of the heart - the ventricle s . This hole may be small, medium-sized or large, and may be single or multiple. It may occur in different parts of the wall, and may sometimes be found along with other heart defects. http://www.bharatonline.com/heart/htcod7.html

79. Congenital Heart Disease In Children And Adults, The Cleveland Clinic Quality Guides By Disease congenital heart disease in Children and Adults.Information includes Cleveland Clinic Credentials, Experience, http://www.clevelandclinic.org/quality/guides/heartDisease.htm

How Do You Judge Quality? Where Do You Begin? Searching the Internet Getting a Second Opinion ... Transplantation CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS Credentials Experience Range of Services Patient Satisfaction ... Download a PDF Are the pediatric heart surgeons board-certified? All pediatric heart surgeons who treat congenital defects are board-certified in cardiothoracic surgery or have the international equivalent. However, in the complex area of pediatric heart surgery, board certification is considered a minimum requirement at The Cleveland Clinic. Surgeons in the Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Diseases also have many years of experience and have performed hundreds of open heart surgeries to correct congenital heart problems. Are the pediatric cardiologists board-certified? All pediatric cardiologists who treat pediatric congenital heart diseases are board-certified both in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. In addition, they have specialty training and experience specific to the treatment of pediatric and congenital heart diseases. Are the pediatric anesthesiologists board-certified?

80. Congenital Heart Disease Cleveland Clinic Heart Center treats adult congenital valve disease. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/disease/congenital/congenva

Heart Guide Vascular Guide History of Innovations About Us ... Dictionary Treating the Heart, Blood Vessels and Circulation Congenital Valve Defects in Adults As blood leaves each chamber of the heart, it passes through a valve . There are four valves in your heart. They make sure that blood flows in only one direction through your heart. Congenital valve defects are valves not formed correctly before birth. Valves may be the wrong size, have malformed leaflets or have leaflets that are not attached to the annulus correctly. This most often affects the aortic or pulmonic valve. Bicuspid aortic valve Bicuspid aortic valve: has only 2 leaflets (cusps) This is the most common type of congenital valve disease, but only occurs in about two out of 100 births. Instead of the normal three leaflets or cusps, the bicuspid aortic valve has only two. Without the third leaflet: the valve may be stenotic – unable to open and close properly the valve may be leaky – unable to close tightly Eighty-five percent of children with congenital aortic stenosis have a bicuspid aortic valve.

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