PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY RESOURCES

On-line resources for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart diseases in children. Resource site for patients, parents and medical professionals.

Pediatric Cardiology

Atrioventricular Canal Defect - Clinical presentation, pathophysiology, and imaging findings in atrioventricular canal defect is presented at this site of the Virtual Children's Hospital of the University of Iowa. The document is internally peer reviewed and makes the distinction between partial and complete endocardial cushion defect.

CachNet - Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Network, the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, and the International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease. The goal of these organizations is to provide comprehensive care and information to adult patients with congenital heart disease and their healthcare providers. A restricted portion of the site, limited to physicians, is provided, and the full text of a consensus conference on adult congenital heart disease is offered, covering management issues for the most common congenital heart anomalies.

Caring for Infants with Congenital Heart Disease and Their Families - Classifications of congenital heart defects and review of the most common acyanotic and cyanotic lesions are found at this online article, courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Detection of disease prenatally, women at risk, life-threatening symptoms in the newborn are discussed. A table outlining the most common congenital heart defects and their features is found, along with in-depth characteristic and intervention reviews. Health maintenance issues, categories of physical activity recommendations, and psychosocial issues are investigated, and an additional connection to a patient education handout is provided.

Children's Health Information Network: Congenital Heart Disease - Resources and information to adults with congenital heart defects, families of children with congenital and acquired heart disease, and the professionals who care for them. Community resources offer patient educational materials and support forums and the resource section contains publication listings and information on local and national events.

Congenital Heart Defects - Latest research and preformatted PubMed query links on a variety of topics within the field of congenital heart disease. Topics are listed alphabetically and include aortic coarctation, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, cor triatriatum, ductus arteriosus, Ebstein's anomaly, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and truncus arteriosus.

Congenital Heart Defects - Internet resources related to congenital heart defects offers links to support groups, discussion networks, and professional associations. Connections include pages of the Texas Heart Institute, specific congenital heart defects, a pediatric surgery forum, and perinatal cardiology connections. "The Heart: An Online Exploration" offers review of the complexities of heart development and structure, and directories of genetic clinics, centers, and academic departments are provided.

Congenital Heart Defects Resource Page - Designed for parents of children with congenital heart disease.

Congenital Heart Defect Support Group - The Congenital Heart Defect Support Group seeks to support those affected by congenital heart defects.

Congenital Heart Disease - Professionals can browse through links to Internet documents on congenital heart anomalies by subtopics that include aortic stenosis, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary stenosis, and ventricular septal defect.

Congenital Heart Disease: Information and Resources - Interactive forums, resources, and internet links for families, adults with CHD, nurses, and other health care professionals with an interest in pediatric cardiology.

Congenital Heart Disease Online Handbook - Resource for anyone with an interest in congenital heart disease. It contains a list of abbreviations and definitions of terms associated with congenital heart disease, with each term linked to several sites that provide in-depth information. Surgical procedures to correct congenital heart disease, including arterial switch, Fontan surgery, heart transplant, and stents, are reviewed, and each procedural link offers further connections to related topical sites. Further sources of information on adult issues, medications, and diagnostic tests are provided.

Gloria's Place of Hope - Established to help children with congenital heart disease from around the world receive the surgery and medical care they need. The site contains details about children awaiting surgery, updates on children helped by the organization, fund donation, and related articles and news releases

Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn - NEJM 1997; 336: 605-610

KUMC Department of Pediatrics/Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology teaching Resources for Health Sciences Faculty and Students

Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT) in the Pediatric Patient - PSVT (Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia) is an arrhythmia that affects one out of every 250 to 1,000 children. This online course teaches nurses and healthcare professionals working with pediatric patients how to identify and manage the disease. It is comprehensible and easy to explore.

Pediatric Cardiology - An educational resource on pediatric cardiology.

Pediatric Cardiology - Teaching resources for pediatric critical care and cardiology, from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Pediatric Cardiology Almanac - Tutorial on pediatric ECG interpretation and selected reviews of various congenital heart defects.

Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care - Teaching resources for Health Sciences faculty and students from the University of Kansas Medical Center Children's Center including congenital heart defect chest radiographs, diagrams, echocardiograms, still frames & video, and more.

Pediatric Cardiology at Rush - Resource site for patients, parents and medical professionals interested in pediatric cardiology and congenital heart diseases in children. Site include text, images of heart diseases, animations of heart procedures and movie clips. Authors are well known pediatric cardiologists and diagnostics for congenital heart defects.

Pediatric Cardiology Division - New York University Medical Center

Pediatric EKG Interpretation - Criteria (and a few examples) of normal and abnormal pediatric EKGs.

Pediatric Electrocardiogram of the Week

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn - A cardiopulmonary disorder characterized by systemic arterial hypoxemia secondary to elevated pulmonary vascular resistance with resultant shunting of pulmonary blood flow to the systemic circulation.

Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Defects - New York Online Access to Health (NOAH). Public health information sheets from the March of Dimes. Congenital heart disease and pregnancy are covered, including background information on congenital heart defects, cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, how heart defects affect children, causes of congenital heart defects, treatment, prenatal tests and prevention, and current research.

Three-Dimensional Visualization of Congenital Heart Disease - Overview of three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of congenital heart disease. Patient scan protocols, case studies, and examples in the literature are offered, including right aortic arch, hypoplastic aorta, and vascular rings. Graphics and links to online moving images are found, along with links to related Web sites.

Types of Congenital Heart Defects - More than a dozen congenital heart defects are reviewed at this site, with components of each condition briefly outlined. Diseases are categorized under obstruction, septal, and cyanotic defects.