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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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small subaortic VSD

by metoprolol,
6 years old female , has small subaortic VSD , with mild RVH , no pulmo...
1

Only has 2 valves with aorta

by panther376,
Hi, My son is 14 years of age and had a physical for his Freshman ye...
2

Prognosis after Balloon Valvuplasty

by worriedBAV,
Hi, My son is 11 weeks today.he has a BAV. The cardiologist echoed ...
1

Dilated Pupils, shakiness, racing heart beat

by losty815,
My daugter has had 2 episodes in the past month which led us to the ini...
1

Letter from consultant which make no sense

by Lisamarie17,
Our 2 year old daughter went for her 6 mth check up she has tricuspid a...
3

Curious

by leishylou,
Hi, I am a 17 year old girl. I just wanted an opinion of whether there ...
1

Bicuspid aortic valve

by tam2girls,
Hello I have a son who was born with a bicuspid aortic valve with moder...
1

ARSA

by mougle,
hi there, im 26 weeks pregnant and on my last scan they...
1

sharp pain in 14 year old heart

by wantingtooknow,
whats it mean when a boy who is 14 has sudden sharp pain in heart for a...
4

Grandson aged 9 with enlarged heart, leaking valves and leaking behind left eye

by karl4thewhites,
Our grandson aged 9 has been having chest pains during the night, breat...
2

Slightly Dilated Aortic Root

by losty815,
My daughter 7 years old, born July 7, 2001, had a electrocardiogram and...
1

Chest pain in 7 year old

by Janet31865,
My 7 year old son has been complaining of chest pain in the upper left ...
3

Syncope and Seizures

by AnnePor,
My daughter is 17 and a survivor of twin-twin transfusion syndrome, bor...
2

My 2 year old has seizures and is now fainting with weakness in his arm!

by janyce1120,
We're not sure what's happening to our son. He's 2 years old. Since he...
2

Are there any advanced Catheterization Procedures?

by Matteos_Mom,
My son has aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation. We are currently ...
2

sick son please help

by mnerton,
Hello my name is Megan, I am a mother of two.My oldest is my daughter w...
1

pain

by danmax,
i have pain in the right side of my upper half of my body...theres been...
1

Fetus skips heartbeat

by Lilmoff03,
I am 35 weeks pregnant and at my last doctors appointment the nurse pra...
1

chest/heart pains

by psycho60,
My son is 17 years old and has complained about heart pains for a while...
1

Irregular Heartbeat with Exercise and Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy

by surt,
Hello. I am 31 weeks pregnant with my first child. I was diagnosed wi...
1

2yr old with pulmonary stenosis

by bombom06,
my 2yr old daughter has pulmonary stenosis, at her last check up we wer...
5

what do we do from here

by howiesgirl,
my daughter who is almost 14 (less then 3 weeks away) has had fainting ...
1

corrected transposition of great Arteries

by sheenaad,
my daughter is 2 years old has been diagonsed with corrected transposit...
1

tonsill stone and heart infection

by jem72,
my six year son is diagnosed with bicupsid aortic valve. my physician s...
2

fontan surgery

by howwa,
Thank you very much for the answer. she had DORV, PS, VSD, ASD. Fontan ...
2

mitral valve re repair

by trooper95,
Where to take a 13 year old for a mitral valve repair for mitral valve...
2

early homograft failure

by rimom1964,
My 6 year old with Noonan Syndrome was born with partial AV canal and p...
1

Atrial Fibrillation: Chance for Recovery

by starvin,
In a condition of Atrial Fibrillation that has persisited for several y...
1

WPW

by sharon7373,
My daughter was diagnosed with WPW a year ago. Her doctor said that she...
3

daily nausea

by CHRISTYDRAKE,
My son wakes up nauseas everyday, which sometimes lasts until the eveni...
1

11/F - new onset CP and DOE

by MrsDitka,
My daughter is 11 years old.She is 4'9 and 130lbs. and in 5th grade. Sh...
2

newborn baby

by mandy60,
my 2 day old has just been admitted to hospital. He had been twitching...
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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert E Shaddy, M.D.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Gil Wernovsky, M.D.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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