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Pediatric Heart (Expert Forum)

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Questions in this forum are answered by pediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and anesthesiologists from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. This forum is for questions and support about pediatric heart problems, symptoms and topics such as heart murmurs, palpitations, fainting, chest pain, congenital heart defects (including management and intervention), fetal cardiology, adult congenital cardiology, arrhythmias and pre-participation athletic screening.
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Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Enlarged Aortic Root - 8 yr old

by TPittman, Oct 20, 2009 11:49AM
My son will turn 8 this weekend and was diagnosed last year with a bicu...
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treatments options

by hfinkhouse, Oct 19, 2009 02:38PM
My 7 yr old was just dx's with mild bicuspid aortic stenosis and mod to...
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Possibility of heart attack

by claw641, Oct 15, 2009 06:26AM
Don't really have chest pain, but i didnt know what else to pick. I too...
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question for dr boris

by firestarter535, Oct 14, 2009 05:49AM
ain dr boris, we have chatted recently regarding my 10 month old daught...
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Heart Surgery

by sachin1977, Oct 13, 2009 05:40AM
My nephew (7 years) has been operated for PA banding surgery (MAX Devi ...
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pulmonary stenosis & migraines

by kearneytink, Oct 11, 2009 05:02PM
my grandaughter is 9 yrs. old she was dignosed with pulmonary stenosis ...
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RBB

by Jo80, Oct 09, 2009 09:48AM
My son which is five was diagnosed with a myopathy but don't know for s...
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leaky aortic valve and enlarged aortic root

by grandmab01, Oct 08, 2009 12:00PM
My 17 year old son was going into delayed entry program with marines an...
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mild pulmonary hypertension

by desiboy, Oct 05, 2009 03:34AM
My son who is 13 years old was asked to do ‘Echo cardiography’ by o...
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What is a normal heart rate for children when working out?

by Tammy1472, Oct 04, 2009 04:41PM
Dear Doctor, My son just turned 14 in September, and is 6'3 and 225l...
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Fetal Complete Heart Block AV block

by ThereseM, Oct 03, 2009 09:57PM
I am 22 weeks pregant. This week fetus heart rate was 70 bpm. Fetal ech...
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SVT medication and its consequences

by APeraza, Oct 02, 2009 10:28AM
My son is four years old. He got his first SVT attack when he was 10 mo...
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Need your help explaining what's wrong

by Al_10, Oct 01, 2009 07:38PM
In order for me to explain, where I'm coming from, I must explain the s...
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help

by clownsndlz, Sep 21, 2009 05:19AM
my 12 yr old autistic son was recently diagnosed with severe sinus arry...
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Childhood bigeminy

by suzy224, Sep 25, 2009 10:50AM
My 11 yr old son has been experiencing palpitations and difficulty brea...
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15 y.o. with chest pains, dizziness, tricuspid regurgitation

by kpatrick72, Sep 29, 2009 09:00AM
My 15 year old daughter started having dizziness, headaches and heart p...
1

Heart Cancer.

by christen608, Sep 28, 2009 02:45AM
Hello my name is Christen. I'm 15 years old 16 oct. I have alot of he...
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3-year-old, PVST?

by karamom, Sep 23, 2009 10:17AM
My three year old has had three episodes of what her doc suspects is PV...
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9 month w/ williams syndrome and PS

by Ediefaith, Sep 22, 2009 08:33AM
My 9 month old baby suffers from pulmonary stenosis and on her las visi...
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Unsuccessful Ablation

by JenRaw, Sep 18, 2009 04:57AM
I have a 7 year old boy with WPW. My son had an ablation in January. ...
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what is the long term outcome

by macbi, Sep 19, 2009 01:45PM
hello my 9 years old son had an echo. test recently it was order by h...
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Is valve replacement surgery needed for childhood problem?

by mohan_dandamudi, Sep 16, 2009 09:15AM
Hi, I.m Mohan my mother has problem with a single heart valve which doe...
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HEART MURMUR WITH 5mm VSD LEFT TO RIGHT ALONG WITH ASD 3mm

by RAMKRISHNAN, Sep 15, 2009 02:12AM
My daughter born on 10th august has been diagnosed by ECHO method that ...
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silent heart murmur

by cjmarti, Sep 14, 2009 01:21PM
My grandson is 3 yrs old and weights 85 lbs. I was just informed this ...
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`my daughter may need surgery to close her vsd.. can anyone explain these echo results? thank you x

by hazelflano, Sep 13, 2009 07:23AM
My 2month old daughter has a VSD which is 6mm.. anyone know anything ab...
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fast heartrate in 11 year old

by Joey322, Sep 11, 2009 10:42AM
My son is 11 yrs old, while resting his heartrate went to about 130 bea...
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Does the Atrial Septum Defect surgery usually go preety well?

by Mommys2girls, Jul 13, 2009 12:23PM
I am the mother of a 3 year old and 7 month old daughters. They both ha...
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corrected AVSD; left axis deviation

by mamiJ, Sep 09, 2009 10:19AM
My daughter is 3; she had her AVSD corrected when she was 6 months old....
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my sixteen year old is lightheaded, weak, and passed out

by annmarie13, Sep 07, 2009 06:21PM
my daughter has been light headed, weak, tired and passed out last week...
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Enlarged Aortic root Second opinion

by gummbiii, Sep 06, 2009 01:13AM
Hi. My name is Kyle. Im 6' 5" 200 lbs, healthy (besides a previous kne...
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fainiting spell at school, mildly abnormal ekg

by momoftwo74, Sep 05, 2009 08:00AM
Hi. I have a 9 year old son.He is active and healthy.He does have heart...
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My son's heart

by dad112, Sep 03, 2009 05:37PM
My son is 15 almost 16 he is normal for his body weight for his size ( ...
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