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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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Birth Defects and Congenital Anomalies

A birth defect is a health problem or a physical abnormality.

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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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Ebstein's Anomaly

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

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Fetal Cardiac Intervention

A fetal cardiac intervention (FCI) is a needle- and catheter-based procedure guided by an ultrasound image that can help improve some life-threatening heart problems in a fetus.

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Fetal Echocardiography

Fetal echocardiography is an ultrasound test performed on a pregnant woman to evaluate the heart of her unborn baby.

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Fetal Surgery

Fetal surgery is the surgical treatment of a fetus with certain life-threatening congenital abnormalities.

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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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Hydrops Fetalis

Hydrops fetalis — or hydrops — is when large amounts of fluid build up in a baby’s tissues and organs, causing extensive swelling.

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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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Mirror Syndrome

Mirror syndrome, also known as Ballantyne syndrome, is an extremely rare and serious condition in which both a pregnant person and fetus experience severe fluid buildup.

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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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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 Valve Disease

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

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Single Ventricle Surgery

The goal of single ventricle surgeries is to enable one ventricle to do the work normally done by two ventricles.

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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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Tricuspid Valve Disease

Tricuspid valve disease impedes the circulation process.

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Truncal Valve Disease

Truncal valve disease is when a child has only one main blood vessel attached to the heart, instead of two.

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