Links to Other Cardiology Pages

Here are some helpful WWW pages where you can learn more about congenital heart defects. These links are arranged from simple, to medium to complex (Levels 1,2 and 3). If you are just beginning your information gathering, I would recommend working your way progressively through the links.


Level 1
The American Heart Association
The Childrens Health Information Network
Congenital Heart Disease Online HandbookNEW!!!!
Dolls made for kids who've had surgery
Facts Sheet on Heart Defects
Introduction to the components of the heart
Listserve for families of kids with CHDs
An Online Exploration of the Heart
Medical Storybooks for kids
Register for the National Database for people with CHDs--Kids with Heart NEW!!!
Sheri's Heart Page-- Outstanding resource for CHDS


Level 2
American College of Cardiology
The Association of European Paediatric Cardiologists
The Fontan Page
Heart Info Network
Hemitruncus Arteriosus-- A Personal outlook and a newsletter for ACHDers
Information provided by the Columbia-Presbyterian Heart Institute
KUMC's cardiology pages-- great diagrams and echos!
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at UCSF
Pediatric Cardiology at UCSF
Perinatal Cardiology NEW!
The Virtual Hospital-- A good search engine for Pediatric Cardiology

Level 3
Background on the Blalock Shunt
Congenital Heart defects (Many Pathological photos so not for the faint of heart)
A course for nurses on the assessment and treatment of VSDs
Echocardiography Cardiac Ultrasound Journal
Fetal Echocardiography
The Heart Surgery Forum
Pediatric Cardiology Almanac