Congenital Heart Disease

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NHS Direct Health Encyclopedia

Diagnosis, symptoms, causes, treatments and complications of congenital heart disease are explained here.

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Woman tells success story

University of Michigan

This is the personal story of a woman with congenital heart disease who decided on heart surgery late in life; told in sound bites, so you'll hear brief delays in the narrative.

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Later life issues

University of Michigan

Later life problems can occur following childhood surgery for congenital heart disease. Anyone who had a surgery for this as a child should receive ongoing medical attention.

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Continuing medical needs

US News & World Report

According to this story, some people who have congenital heart disease surgeries don't think they need to continue to see a cardiologist: Read here for more.

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This abstract describes a study that looked at the association between depression, anxiety and congenital heart disease. See what the researchers discovered.

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Adult specialty growing

American College of Cardiology

More adults have congenital heart disease than ever before. Find out why the number will soon exceed the childhood rate.

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Heart defect another name

American Heart Association

See this extensive article on congenital heart disease, also called heart defect, including; symptoms, causes, diagnosis, interventions and more.

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Treatment before birth

Fetal Treatment Center

Congenital heart disease can now often be diagnosed and treated in utero, before birth. See why this is important and how it works.

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Video overview

Fetal Treatment Center

Here's a doctor talking about what congenital heart disease is, outcomes and interventions -- all in three short clips.

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Interventions

Standford Hospital

Drugs, surgery and other procedures may be used to treat congenital heart disease, depending on the problem. Read about these here.

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Types of procedures

Cleveland Clinic

There are several types of surgeries for congenital heart disease and the risks are probably far lower than you'd guess.

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Swiss doctors have been able to re-engineer a new heart from the mother's stem cells, possibly an effective answer to congenital heart disease. Read about it here.

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Understand congenital heart disease in your unborn or newborn baby, or child, and see what can be done about it.

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See the table of contents at the top of this page and choose the congenital heart disease procedures you want to read about or just read the overview.

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