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Aortic Valve Disease

Aortic valve disease disrupts this intricate blood flow process, and can cause fatigue, shortness of breath, and potentially heart failure.

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Aortic Valve Stenosis

Aortic valve stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve that can stop blood from flowing properly out of the heart.

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Arrhythmia

An arrhythmia is an abnormal rhythm of the heart, which can cause the heart to pump less effectively.

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Bacterial Endocarditis

Bacterial endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart.

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Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle characterized by an abnormally large, thick, or stiff heart muscle.

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Coarctation of the Aorta

Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta, the main artery that delivers oxygen-rich (red) blood to the body.

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Congenital Heart Defects

A congenital heart defect is a structural problem of the heart that develops during pregnancy.

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Coronary Artery Fistula

A coronary artery fistula is an abnormal connection between blood vessels in the heart.

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DIV

Double inlet ventricle changes the anatomy of the heart’s four chambers and affects circulation.

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DORV

Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a type of rare congenital heart condition.

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Ebstein's Anomaly

Ebstein’s anomaly is a rare heart defect that affects the tricuspid valve.

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of disorders that affect a person's connective tissue.

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Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Familial dilated cardiomyopathy is when a genetic form of dilated cardiomyopathy occurs in multiple members of a family.

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Heart Tumor

A heart tumor, also known as a cardiac tumor, is a rare, abnormal growth that develops in the heart.

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Heterotaxy

Heterotaxy is a rare condition where many organs in the body can be formed abnormally, in the wrong position, or even missing.

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Hypertension

Hypertension (high blood pressure) refers to how hard the blood is pushing against the walls of the artery through which it flows — not how quickly it flows.

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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a spectrum of heart diseases in which the left-heart structures are underdeveloped.

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Kawasaki Disease

Kawasaki disease is a childhood illness that causes inflammation of the blood vessels in many areas of the body.

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Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a rare, genetic condition that affects the formation of a child’s connective tissue.

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Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries MAPCAs

Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) with pulmonary atresia and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) are an extreme form of congenital heart disease.

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Marfan Syndrome

Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes the body's connective tissues to be weaker than they should be.

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Mitral Valve Disease

Mitral valve disease disrupts the flow of oxygen-rich blood through those chambers and affects the rest of the body.

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Mitral Valve Stenosis

Mitral valve stenosis happens when the mitral valve is too narrow, causing blood to back up in the heart’s left atrium.

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Myocarditis and Pericarditis

Myocarditis and pericarditis are inflammatory conditions that affect the heart.

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Patent ductus arteriosus is a congenital heart condition where there is a persistent connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta.

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Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis

Peripheral pulmonary stenosis is a narrowing in one or more of the branches of the pulmonary arteries.

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Pulmonary Atresia

Pulmonary atresia occurs when the pulmonary valve — normally located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery — doesn’t form properly.

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Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is abnormally high blood pressure that occurs in the arteries of the lungs (the pulmonary arteries).

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Pulmonary Valve Disease

Pulmonary valve disease narrows the pulmonary valve and affects the critical flow of blood to the lungs.

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Pulmonary Valve Stenosis

Pulmonary valve stenosis is the term describing a narrowing in the opening of the pulmonary valve.

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Septal Defects

A septal defect is a hole in the septum, which is the muscle wall that separates the heart's left and right chambers.

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Single Ventricle Defects

A single ventricle defect occurs when one of the two pumping chambers in the heart, called ventricles, isn’t large enough or strong enough to work correctly.

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Tetralogy of Fallot

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a serious congenital heart defect where the heart’s anatomy prevents enough oxygen-poor (blue) blood from flowing to the lungs to receive oxygen.

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Transposition of the Great Arteries

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is when the “great” arteries, the aorta and the right ventricle, are reversed in their origins from the heart.

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Tricuspid Atresia

In tricuspid atresia, the tricuspid valve — which is normally located between the right atrium and the right ventricle — is missing, as is the right ventricle.

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