Birth Defects of the Heart

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• Overview of Heart Defects
  • Anatomy of the Heart
  • Normal Fetal Circulation
  • Types of Heart Defects
    • Shunting of blood flow
    • Re-routing of blood flow
    • Blocked blood flow
  • Causes
  • Symptoms
    • Eisenmenger syndrome
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Immediate care
    • Open-heart surgery
    • Cardiac catheterization
    • Medications
    • Devices to support heart function
    • Heart transplantation
    • Long-term management
  • More Information

• Aortopulmonary Window
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Aortic Valve Stenosis in Children
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects
  • Symptoms
    • Atrial septal defects
    • Ventricular septal defects
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Atrial septal defects
    • Ventricular septal defects
  • More Information

• Atrioventricular Septal Defects
  • Types of atrioventricular septal defect
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Bicuspid Aortic Valve
  • More Information

• Coarctation of the Aorta
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Double Outlet Right Ventricle
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Ebstein Anomaly
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Immediate care
    • Surgical repair
    • Heart transplantation
    • Long-term care
  • More Information

• Patent Ductus Arteriosus
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Persistent Truncus Arteriosus
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Pulmonary Valve Stenosis in Children
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Hypercyanotic spells
    • Surgery
  • More Information

• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Transposition of the Great Arteries
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • More Information

• Other Birth Defects of the Heart
  • Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Septum
  • Single Ventricle Defects
  • Tricuspid Atresia
  • More Information