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Pulmonary Atresia
Pulmonary atresia is a heart defect in children that affects blood flow to the lungs. It can be treated with surgery or catheterization
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Aortic Stenosis
Aortic stenosis is a heart condition where the valve that controls blood flow from the heart to the body is too narrow. It can be treated with surgery or catheterization.
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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is a condition where the blood vessels in the lungs, called the pulmonary veins, are not attached to the heart in the right place. Because of this, the body can’t get enough oxygen.
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Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital heart defects are problems with the heart that are present at birth. Some are simple and don’t need treatment, while others require surgery.
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Tricuspid Atresia
Tricuspid atresia, also sometimes called hypoplastic right heart, is a heart defect where the valve between the heart’s right atrium and right ventricle doesn’t form. Most babies with tricuspid atresia will need many heart surgeries over their lifetime.
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Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a congenital heart defect where the two great arteries are both attached to the right ventricle. In DORV, the normally separated oxygen-rich arterial blood and oxygen-poor venous blood is mixed prior to leaving the heart.
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Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
Transposition of the Great Arteries is a heart condition where arteries switch places and oxygenated blood goes back to lungs, not body. It can be treated with surgery and catheterization.
News
Two Brothers Born With Forms of Cleft Lip and Palate Raises Awareness of Condition and Risk Factors
Carter and Mason Osborne have a lot in common. Not only are they brothers who love to laugh, they also share one unique characteristic; they were born with forms of cleft lip and palate.
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Winifred Payne of Nationwide Children's Hospital Receives Award from Lifeline of Ohio
Several individuals and institutions were honored Saturday, March 5, 2011 by Lifeline of Ohio for their roles in saving lives through organ and tissue donation.
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An Alarming Connection Between Justice System Involvement and Child Health
A new study conducted at Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Abigail Wexner Research Institute and published in the journal Health & Justice, appears to be the first to use electronic medical records and link children’s personal or family involvement in the correctional system to diagnoses – and the authors say the findings are so alarming they should be a call to action for pediatric providers.