Congenital Heart Disease

The primary NIH organization for research is National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

General/ Overviews

• Congenital Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association)
• Congenital Heart Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Congenital Heart Disease (MedicineNet, Inc.)

Clinical Trials

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

Coping

• Coping with Congenital Heart Disease in Your Baby (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Diagnosis/ Symptoms

• How A Cardiologist Diagnosis Heart Defects (American Heart Association)
• Transtelephonic Cardiac Event Recording for Arrhythmia Surveillance (Children's Health Information Network)

Dictionaries/ Glossaries

• Children & Heart Disease: Glossary (American Heart Association)
• Glossary of Childhood Onset Heart Disease (Children's Health Information Network)
• Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open Heart Surgery and Cardiology (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)

Disease Management

• Your Child's Special Needs (American Heart Association)

Español/ Spanish

• Defectos Cardíacos Congénitos (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Defectos Congénitos del Corazón (American Heart Association)

News-Focused

• Heart News (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.) - Select topic from topic menu on right

Nutrition

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

Organizations

• American Heart Association
• Children's Health Information Network

Specific Conditions/ Aspects

• Abnormal Heart Rhythms: What Parents Should Know (American Heart Association)
• Atrial Septal Defects: Surgical and Transcatheter Management (Children's Health Information Network)
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA): A Parent's Guide (Children's Health Information Network)
• Protein-Losing Enteropathy After the Fontan Operation (Children's Health Information Network)
• Velocardiofacial Syndrome (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Velocardiofacial Syndrome (Children's Health Information Network)

Statistics

• Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Statistics (American Heart Association)

Treatment

• Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Treatments (American Heart Association)
• Medical Treatment (American Heart Association)
• Pulmonic Stenosis and Balloon Valvuloplasty (Children's Health Information Network)
• Types of Perfusion (American Society of Extra-Corporeal Technology)