Learn about cardiology treatment teams, which focus on treating children with heart conditions. The specific role of each team member is discussed.
Learn about the treatment of heart conditions. Find out about the different types of heart treatment and the right questions you should ask the doctor about the treatment.
Learn about complementary and alternative therapies and what to consider before you try them.
Learn how congenital heart disease can affect a child’s experience in school.
Learn how you can take care of your child after heart catheterization. Learn about dressing changes and emergency situations.
Read about coping with a diagnosis. While the diagnosis may be upsetting, the good news is that a child's pain is no longer a mystery.
Learn about medication for children with heart conditions. A doctor will prescribe a drug when it's clear that medication will improve a child's condition.
Learn about heart catheterization tests and electrophysiology studies, which give information about the structure of a child's heart and how well it is working.
Children need extra care and attention after heart surgery. Read about care after heart surgery including diet, pain management and school.
Read about chronic illness and ways to cope. Congenital heart disease is a common example. While it can often be well managed, it never goes away.
Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists are health care professionals who can help children with heart conditions recover after surgery.
The Norwood procedure is usually done as part of a series of surgeries to help the ventricle pump blood out to the body.
Learn about ongoing care for children with congenital heart disease. Frequency of evaluation, adult care, and non-cardiac surgery are discussed.
As a parent, you can play an important role in preparing your child for a stay in hospital. Learn about your child's operation, ask questions, and find out how you can prepare your child.
Having a child with heart disease is a strain for the whole family. Various different health professionals can provide support in difficult times.
Surgical valvotomy is a procedure to enlarge narrowed heart valves.
Learn about coarctation of the aorta, a condition that involves a narrowing of the major artery leading from the heart to the body, affecting blood pressure. Find out how this condition can impact your life now and in the future.
The hybrid procedure is sometimes done instead of the Norwood procedure. A heart surgeon and an interventional cardiologist do the procedure.
Pulmonary artery banding is done to reduce blood flow to the lungs.
Learn about single ventricle anomalies. This term refers to a group of severe conditions in which only one ventricle is of adequate size, such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).
Read about pain management. Children show pain differently, depending on age. Ideas for comforting children of all ages are included.
Books and websites with information about heart conditions in children.
Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is when there is a narrowing or blockage in the pulmonary veins. It is a rare disease and if it progresses, it can lead to pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure.
In the Ross procedure, the child's abnormal aortic valve is replaced with the child's own healthy pulmonary valve.
Learn about failure to thrive and how your child's health-care team manages it.
