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Congenital heart defects: Information for teachers

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.

Surgical correction of congenital heart defects

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Learn about open-heart, closed-heart, and minimally invasive heart surgery.

Types of heart conditions

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Learn about the types of heart conditions that arise in children. Congenital heart defects and heart rhythm problems are among the conditions discussed.

Atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair

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Read about the procedure to close an atrial or ventricular septal defect with open-heart surgery.

Atrial septal defect (ASD)

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Learn about the types of atrial septal defects (ASD), how they are diagnosed, treated, and what the long-term outcomes for children with ASD.

Consent, capacity and confidentiality

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Watch this video to learn about the importance of consent, capacity and confidentiality in health care and what your rights are as a patient.

Tetralogy of Fallot

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Read about Tetralogy of Fallot, a condition involving four congenital defects that occur when the heart does not develop normally.

Heart transplants

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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.

Intellectual development and children with heart disease

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Read about how the development of a child's intellect may be affected by a congenital heart condition.

Coarctation of the aorta

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Learn about coarctation of the aorta. This condition involves a narrowing of the major artery leading from the heart to the body, affecting blood pressure.

Lung, heart, kidney and bladder effects of brain tumour treatment

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Find information on how your child's lungs, heart, kidneys, and bladder may be affected by chemotherapy.

Pulmonary artery banding

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Pulmonary artery banding is done to reduce blood flow to the lungs.

About scoliosis

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Scoliosis is a condition that causes your child’s spine to curve sideways. Learn about the different types of scoliosis, some of its causes, and the risk factors that can increase your child's chance of developing a more severe curve.

Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

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Learn about ventricular septal defects (VSD), an opening in the wall between the ventricles of the heart.

Scoliosis: Pros of having or not having surgery

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Read about some of the advantages of having surgery to correct scoliosis, as well as some of the advantages of not having surgery.

Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)

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Learn about atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) in children. This condition involves the lung overfilling with blood.

Consent, capacity and medical decision-making for children

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Learn about the roles of children, parents, caregivers and health-care providers in the shared medical decision-making process. As children mature, they develop the capacity to participate in more decisions about their own health.

Physiotherapy after heart surgery

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Following heart surgery, your child will need to exercise to keep their lungs clear. Read how deep breathing, splinted coughing and moving will help.

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Speech-language pathology services during hospital admission(s)

Learn about how complex medical conditions and admissions to the hospital can impact speech and language development in children.

How respiratory therapists help children with congenital heart conditions

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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.

Physiotherapy and heart transplant

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Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.

Bone health: How exercise helps strengthen bones

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Learn what exercises are best to help make your child's bones stronger.

Noonan syndrome and congenital heart conditions

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Noonan syndrome is a genetic condition. Learn about the symptoms and diagnosis of Noonan syndrome and the heart conditions associated with the condition.

Potential complications of heart surgery

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The risk of complications involved with surgical procedures to correct congenital heart disease is very low.

Congenital heart disease: Looking ahead

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In this section of the site, you will learn about the issues children born with congenital heart condition may face at different ages.