Heart Institute Encyclopedia

Cardiac Anomalies / Congenital Heart Defects

Pediatric Heart Conditions and Problems: Signs, Symptoms, Diagnoses and Treatments

Most children are born with a normal, healthy heart. In some cases, though, children are born with defects or abnormalities.

The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Heart Institute Encyclopedia provides detailed information on the following congenital heart defects, including, signs and symptoms, diagnoses and treatment options:

• Aortic Valvar Stenosis (AS)
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
• Atrioventricular Septal Defect (or AV Canal Defect)
• Coarctation of the Aorta
• Ebstein's Anomaly
• Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
• Interrupted Aortic Arch / Ventricular Septic Defect
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
• Pulmonary Atresia (PA)
• Pulmonary Valvar Stenosis (PS)
• Single Ventricle Anomalies
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
• Transposition of the Great Arteries
• Tricuspid Atresia
• Truncus Arteriosus
• Vascular Rings
• Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)