Learn about donor hearts and what will happen to the donor heart before it is transplanted.
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 causes of heart failure in children are often very different than in adults. Discover what causes heart failure in children, how it is diagnosed and possible treatments.
Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.
Find out why physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a heart transplant.
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 about safe levels of activity for adults with congenital heart disease. Activity generally has positive effects on the body and its organs.
After a heart transplant, your child will need to stay in hospital for at least two to four weeks. Learn about what is involved in your child's recovery.
Learn about exercise tests. An exercise test, or ECG, is a diagnostic procedure that records the way a child's heart works when they exercise.
Learn about the different types of diagnostic tests your child may have to help their health-care team determine if your child has VCD or EILO.
Learn about the medical tests your child takes before a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn more about common complications after a heart transplant.
Learn how to prevent and manage your child's weight gain, after a transplant.
An echocardiogram (or ‘echo’) is a special test that uses ultrasound (sound waves) to take pictures of the heart. Learn about how they are done, and how to help your child prepare for one.
Read about sudden cardiac death. It occurs both in people who have a diagnosed heart condition, and in those that never show symptoms and are undiagnosed.
Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a liver transplant.
Regular exercise can help children and teens manage their JIA. Learn more about different exercises including range of motion exercises, stretching, strengthening, and cardiovascular exercise.
Learn about the medical tests your child takes after a blood and marrow transplant.
Nuclear medicine tests use small amounts of radioactive material that give off radiation that is detected by special cameras. They take very detailed pictures.
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a condition where the arteries connected to the heart are in the wrong spot. Learn about the diagnosis, treatment and what you can expect in the future.
Find out who will be a part of your transplant team and their roles in your care throughout the transplant process.
Learn about the impact of that a child's heart condition may have on their physical abilities.
