Heart Conditions
We are grateful to these links and documents from the American Heart Association, Cincinnati Children's
Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Mayo Clinic, and Seattle Children's Hospital. Please see condition specific organizations for support organizations for various
specific cardiac conditions.
The normal heart
Chest Pain Fainting Heart
murmurs Heart failure Palpitations
(heart racing or skipping) Possible heart symptomsCongenital heart defects (birth defects of the heart)
Aortic valve disease
Atrial septal defect
Atrioventricular
canal defect
Coarctation of the
aorta
Double outlet right ventricle
Ebstein's anomaly
Heterotaxy syndrome
Hypoplastic left
heart syndrome
Patent Ductus
Arteriosus
Pulmonary atresia
Pulmonary Stenosis
Single
Ventricle
Total anomalous
pulmonary venous return
Tricuspid atresia
Transposition of the
great arteries
Tetralogy of
Fallot
Truncus
arteriosus
Vascular
ring
Ventricular septal
defect
Acquired heart defects (typically recognized after birth)
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Endocarditis
Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy
High
Cholesterol
Kawasaki
disease
Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Prolapse
Myocarditis
Pulmonary hypertension
Rheumatic heart disease
and rheumatic fever
Arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders)
Heart block
Long QT syndrome
Drugs to
avoid with Long QT syndrome
Supraventricular tachycardia
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome