- Pediatric Heart Surgery; A Ready Reference for Professionals - http://hometown.aol.com/eliotmay/science2/index.htm
Book for medical professionals depicting forty congenital cardiac anomalies. Each chapter has color diagrams of the normal heart, abnormal heart, and various stages of repair. Text describes anatomy, pathophysiology, surgical repair and postoperative care.
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/surgery/Cardio/PedCTSurg/PedCardSurg.htm
Explains how the heart works, congenital heart defects, preparing for surgery, road to recovery, discharge instructions and parent support group. An informational site to prepare for a child's surgery.
- Miami Children's Hospital - http://www.pediatricheartsurgery.com
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. About the department and provides short descriptions and images explaining various types of congenital heart defects and their surgical repair.
- Children's Mercy Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery - http://www.childrensmercy.com/cardiovascularsurgery/default.htm
Provides information on diagnosis, treatment of congenital heart disease and physicians. Offers surgical management for children with congenital cardiac conditions and malformations of the great vessels. (Kansas City, MO)
- After the Fontan report - http://www.FontanOperation.com/fontanreport.htm
Special report by a pediatric heart surgeon that describes outcome after a Fontan operation for congenital heart defects like tricuspid atresia and single ventricle
- Heart Center Encyclopedia - http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/default.htm
The Heart Center Encyclopedia, by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's Heart Center staff, provides information about kids' cardiac disorders / congenital heart defects and treatments.
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