Children need extra care and attention after heart surgery. Read about care after heart surgery including diet, pain management and school.
It is important to keep your child as healthy as possible before a heart transplant. Learn about what happens while you are waiting for a donor heart to become available.
The following information will help you to properly care for your child after vascular access surgery.
Before your child has heart surgery, you will need to come in for a pre-operative visit. The team will assess your child's health and answer any questions you have about the operation.
Following heart surgery, your child will need to exercise to keep their lungs clear. Read how deep breathing, splinted coughing and moving will help.
Following heart surgery, children require extra care and attention. Learn which positions and activities infants and toddlers must avoid after heart surgery.
Learn about open-heart, closed-heart, and minimally invasive heart surgery.
Learn how your baby's spina bifida is repaired with surgery either before or after they are born. Also learn what happens after surgery and how to take care of your baby at home.
A pacemaker is a small device that uses electrical impulses to control the speed and rhythm of your child's heartbeat. Learn how to care for your child with a pacemaker.
Heart catheterization is a test that is done to see how well blood is moving through the heart. Read how to prepare your child for heart catheterization.
A respiratory therapist (RT) is a health professional specially trained to help patients with breathing disorders. An RT will help care for your child after heart surgery.
Learn what to expect in the weeks and months after a child's heart surgery and how you can help your child to go back to a normal life.
Learn how you can take care of your child after heart catheterization. Learn about dressing changes and emergency situations.
Learn about health-care teams committed to treating children with heart conditions. The specific role of each member is discussed.
Learn how to take care of your child at home after the procedure.
Learn about ongoing care for children with congenital heart disease. Frequency of evaluation, adult care, and non-cardiac surgery are discussed.
Following jaw surgery, it is important to properly care for your child's teeth and mouth. Learn how to keep your child's jaw clean following jaw surgery.
Read about post-surgery recovery. How long a child spends recovering depends on the severity of the condition he's being treated for, among other factors.
Read about fenestration closure after a Fontan operation, a surgery to close the hole between your child's heart and the tunnel that moves blood to the lungs.
A heart transplant is surgery that replaces a heart that is not working properly with a healthy donor heart. Learn about heart transplants for children.
Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
Your child will have a small tube, called a nasal stent, placed in their nostrils after surgery. Learn how to take care of your child at home.
An atrial septal defect is an opening in the membrane between two chambers of the heart. Learn about heart catheterization to fix atrial septal defects.
A heart stent is a small metal tube that is placed inside a narrowed blood vessel or conduit to keep it open. Read about heart stent surgery and recovery.
A teacher's guide to congenital heart defects. Learn what you can do to help and what to expect if one of your students has a congenital heart defect.
