Useful Internet Addresses | Organizations

www.americanheart.org American Heart Association
www.aepc.org Association for European Pediatric Cardiologists
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Specific reaction of lung tissue to a variety of injuries. The lungs show a pattern of multiple patchy pneumonia....
www.hartstichting.nl The Netherlands heart Foundation
Heart / Lung Transplant Information about heart lung transplants
www.meddean.luc.edu Loyola University Chicago
NORD Lung and Blood Institute Information Center
www.ohsu.edu Oregon Health Science University
Pediheart Web site A place for kids with heart diseases. Learn about the heart. Meet other kids. Show us your stuff. A place for parents. Meet other parents. Join a discussion. Ask us your questions.
Pulmonary Hypertension Association Information, Patient / Family links, Guest book
www.rnceus.com Health Interactive
www.tchin.org  /  Pulmonary Hypertension Children's Health Information Network: Resource Room
www.tc.umn.edu University of Minnesota
www.uab.edu University of Alabama at Birmingham

Keywords | Abbreviations

ASD Arterial Septal Defect
CHD Congenital Heart Disease
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Potts-shunt See Waterston shunt
PPH Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Stenosis Stenosis means "Narrowing".
TOF Tetralogy of Fallot
Waterston-Cooley Shunt The Waterston-Cooley shunt is similar to the Potts Shunt. A side to side anastomosis or window is created between the pulmonary artery and the ascending aorta .... etc.