Heart Conditions
We are grateful to these links and documents from the American Heart Association, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, 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 symptoms
Congenital 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 but not always 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
Contact Information
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Phone: 865-971-6897
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