Turner, Noon, Down, Marfan, Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndromes and VATER / VACTERL Association
"Syndrome," in medicine, refers to a collection of features that appears to occur over and over in a group of patients and are felt to be due to a specific chromosomal abnormality. In many syndromes, these chromosomal abnormalities can adversely affect the heart.
In the online Heart Encyclopedia for families, patients and medical professionals, the Heart Center staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have provided detailed information on the causes and characteristics of some of the syndromes that can impact the heart:
Revised 9/06
