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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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Mar 16, 2012
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By trevis918 Blank
My 5.5 year old daughter has complained a couple of times in the last 2 weeks of chest pain. Tonight she more specifi...
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Mar 13, 2012
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By jalaj73 Blank
my newly born son has 1.8 mm ventricular septal defect noted in thick muscular portion of inner ventricular septum of...
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Mar 13, 2012
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By steph9803 Blank
My son is 20 months old and has had many health issues due to delay in myelination in his brain. He was also diagnose...
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Mar 02, 2012
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By surrygirl56 Blank
I have been counting down the days until we meet Dr. Boris for an evaluation. My daughter has many of the symptoms o...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Mar 02, 2012
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By mnstanley2 Blank
My 6 r old son keeping c/o his heart pounding and beating fast, at first i thought nothing about it, my sister has mi...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Feb 28, 2012
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By jak999 Blank
If TOF with absent pulmonary valve is not correct with surgery, then what will be the possible complications? As my ...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Feb 24, 2012
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By cantystar Blank
my daughter born at 34 weeks is now 2 weeks old and has a large peri membrane vsd. she is in failure now and on speci...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Feb 20, 2012
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By Kolch Blank
My son was in the special care nursery after birth due to a crash c section and he needed a little help after deliver...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Feb 20, 2012
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By pamfort Blank
Hello, My 15 year old son had a very bad cold 9 months ago that lasted a month. The acute symptoms clear up but wha...
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Feb 12, 2012
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By Amandapadgett Blank
My 2 Year old son has had episodes that look like seizures but all tests have proved its not SEIZURES!! No doctor can...
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Feb 12, 2012
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By NursingStudent123 Blank
Greetings, I am a nursing student who was looking for a video about Tetralogy of fallot and I came across your vid...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Feb 05, 2012
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By rakeshsailor81 Blank
My daughter is 10 month old she sufering modrate size hole 7mm we need saurgy or weight some months
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Jan 27, 2012
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By dj57 Blank
I am concerned about my 5 year old grandson. He is very healthy, but has PVC's (I have listened with a stethoscope ...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Jan 27, 2012
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By hollyj05 Blank
We live in Virginia but we take our son to CHOP after birth due to his multiple problems that we couldn't get answers...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Jan 21, 2012
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By xeandrea Blank
I'm from Philippines i have a one year old daughter diagnosed with congenital heart disease at first I was shocked be...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Jan 21, 2012
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By shel1234 Blank
I would like to hear your opinion on my son's latest echo as I would like to understand what this means. He is an 11...
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Jan 21, 2012
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By gazi786 Blank
My 4.1 year old daughter is suffering from VSD 4mm with out any symptom,please advise me what to do.
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Jan 21, 2012
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By gmommy7 Blank
Hi, I posted a few months ago before my son had his follow up appointment with the cardiologist. So here's the story....
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Marie M Gleason, M.D. Jan 21, 2012
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By sarajj Blank
My daughter had open heart surgery at 3 weeks old to correct a coarctation of the aorta, an 8mm VSD, 2 ASD's and a PD...
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Jeffrey R Boris, M.D. Jan 14, 2012
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By blesi Blank
Hi im from Philippines. I have a 18months old son who was diagnosed with 1.1cm vsd with severe pulmonary stenosis. He...
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