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Web Booklet: If Your Child Has a Congenital Heart Defect
  • Updated:Feb 15,2013
Prepared by the Committee on Congenital Cardiac Defects of the American Heart Association's Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young.

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Web Booklet: If Your Child Has A Congenital Defect - Our guide for parents

Introduction to Congenital Heart Defects


Ask the Pediatric Cardiologist

Find answers to common questions about children and heart disease. 

Blake – A Heart Warrior at 4 Blake Galligan and his mom


By looking at him, you'd never know active 4-year-old, Blake Galligan, has a congenital heart defect. In honor of Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, his family tells his story – one of hope and perseverance.



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