Adults with CHD – Part One
Keeping Your Heart Healthy Since you have congenital heart disease, it’s very important for you to follow the “healthy-heart recommendations” for diet and activity. No matter what type of heart [...]
Adults with CHD – Part Two
Pregnancy More females with congenital heart defects (CHD) are surviving, and thriving, into adolescence and adulthood. All females with CHD should receive counseling when they are sexually active and especially [...]
Adults with CHD – Part Three
Genetic Counseling When a child is born with a congenital heart defect, two of the most common questions are: “Why did this occur?” and “Will it happen again in our [...]
Adults with CHD – Part Four
Heart Transplant A heart transplant is performed by replacing the patient's heart with a donor heart. Doctors remove the patient's heart by transecting the aorta, the main pulmonary artery and [...]
Adults with CHD – Part Five
Infective Endocarditis Infective endocarditis (IE), also called bacterial endocarditis (BE), is an infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart lining, a heart valve or [...]
Welcome to CHD Babies!
My only hope with creating this blog is to help families of a loved one affected by a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD). I am blessed to have an amazing CHD [...]
I Heart CHD Babies!
Jace Alan Hall, Born 12/08/2012, Tetralogy of Fallot and Pulmonary Atresia Stella, Born 02-02-07, Coarctation of the Aorta Kaylin, VSD & ASD Bryson, Born 09-17-09, Coarctation of the Aorta, Transposition of [...]
Glossary
To read about some cardiac catheterizations, click here. To learn more about hospital staff, click here. To read more about medications that may be prescribed to your CHD baby, click [...]
Surgeries
To read about some cardiac catheterization procedures, click here. To read more about what to expect during your CHD Baby's open heart surgery, click here. To read more about medications [...]
Complex CHD’s – does environment play a role?
Some complex congenital heart defects in newborns are significantly more common during the summer, leading researchers to believe that the environment, and not just genes that affect the heart, may [...]