Articles of Interest
Pregnancy Today: Preparing for a Newborn with CHD
Pregnancy Today: Fetal Heart Development
LD Online: My Brother is Different – A short article dealing with learning disabilities and sibling relationships. The article discusses feeling of neglect, increased responsibility and guilt. Some suggestions are offered.
LD Online: Learning Disabilities and Sibling Issues
Information on Congenital Heart Defects
John’s Hopkins Children’s Hospital – Cove Point Foundation for Congenital Heart Disease
Heart Anatomy & Anomaly Animated Diagrams ♥ Tests & Procedures ♥ Nutrition & Health Issues ♥ Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Kids Health from The Nemours Foundation – Congenital Heart Defects
Animated Heart Diagrams ♥ Descriptions of Common Heart Defects ♥ Resources for Children and Teens
Heart Center Encyclopedia from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
The encyclopedia provides detailed information on many congenital heart defects, including, signs and symptoms, diagnoses and treatment options ♥ Info on Cardiac-Related Diagnostic Tests ♥ Flash Movies of Defects
The Children’s Heart Institute
Patient Education ♥ Cardiac Medications ♥ Just For Kids ♥ Recent Advances
MedlinePlus and Congenital Heart Disease
AboutKidsHealth: About Heart Conditions
Trusted answers from The Hospital for Sick Children Ontario, Canada
Treatment
Transcatheter closure of ASD and PDA
Quality of Life Issues
Children with Chronic Conditions
Pain and Your Baby
Pain and Your Child or Teen
Other Agencies & Foundations for Families with Pediatric Heart Disease
The Children’s Heart Foundation
CHF has a parental resource book, It’s My Heart, that provides information on CHDs in layman’s terms.
The Congenital Heart Information Network
A Portrait Gallery of Heart Stories Written by Parents ♥ Online Support Groups
PediHeart
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education Foundation
Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation
Kawasaki Disease Foundation
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association
National Down Syndrome Society
National Marfan Foundation
Long QT Syndrome
SADS Foundation
Medication List
Information on research trials for children with heart disease
Pediatric Heart Network
Additional Links
Adult Congenital Heart Association
The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium