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Children's Heart Conditions

Overview:
Heart disease is an important issue—not just for adults, but also for children. They can be born with congenital heart defects or develop other types of heart problems. In this interview, an expert in pediatric cardiology talks with Ellen Beth Levitt about the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of heart conditions that affect children.

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Part One:

Infants and heart
Congenital heart defects
Genetic heart defects
Birth defects
Heart development
Blood circulation
Screening for heart defects
Atrial septal defect
Heart medications in children
Transposition of great arteries
Cardiac catheterization
Surgery for heart defects
Hole in heart

Part Two:

Arrhythimia
Heart conduction system
Cardiac Ablation
Pacemakers
Defibrilators
Kawasaki disease
Children and cholesterol
Children's Diet
Exercise to prevent heart disease
Adults who had childhood heart conditions

Guest:
Dr. Geoffrey Rosenthal, director of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Program at the University of Maryland Hospital for Children, which is part of the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Rosenthal is also a professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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