CHD Parent: You are not alone
When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of having a husband, living in a house and having children. I never thought about my child having a health issue. When I was 21 weeks pregnant with my first...
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Myths About Adult Congenital Heart Disease
If you’re a teen or adult who had congenital heart disease (CHD), or a heart defect, as a child, you will need lifelong care to lead a full and healthy life. As home to the leading adult congenital...
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3 Things Women With Congenital Heart Disease Should Know About Pregnancy
Today, we expect that most children treated for congenital heart disease will survive to adulthood and lead a full adult life. That means more women with congenital heart disease are interested in...
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Can You Be Cured of Congenital Heart Disease?
If you had heart disease would you see a cardiologist? Most of us would answer “yes.” However, over half of all adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are not under the care of a congenital...
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Why ACHD Patients Should See a Congenital Cardiologist
Would you take your car to a body shop if it needed new brakes? Of course you wouldn’t. Instead you would take your car to a mechanic. Although each profession is trained to work on cars, they each...
View ArticleOne Mom’s Story: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hearing my son get diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me. I didn’t know it was possible for somebody to live with only half of a heart....
View ArticleHeart Failure and Cardiomyopathy in Children
What is “heart failure”? Heart failure is a clinical diagnosis in which the heart isn’t pushing enough blood forward, due to impaired filling or impaired emptying, to meet the demands of all of the...
View ArticleHeart Murmur: What to Expect if Your Child is Diagnosed
Heart murmurs in children are very common. As many as half of all children will have a heart murmur at some point before 18 years of age. It is important to understand what causes a heart murmur and...
View ArticleWhat to Expect When Your Child Visits the Heart Clinic
There are a number of reasons why a pediatrician may ask for your child to see a pediatric cardiologist. While this can be a scary thing for a parent to hear, many common problems seen in the...
View ArticleFetal Echocardiogram: Cardiologists Evaluating Tiny Hearts
A fetal echocardiogram is a test done during pregnancy to evaluate the heart of an unborn baby. An echocardiogram can assess the function and structures of the heart. The test can help detect...
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