Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: March 2, 2000
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• ASIN: 0941511294
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,528 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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About the Actor

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation has been ranked as "One of the Best Hospitals in America" by U.S. News & World Report.

Sit down with a panel of expert physicians from one of the Best Hospitals in America and have them discuss your health issue in depth for 2 hours.

Using frequent illustrations and visual aids they clearly explain the nature of your health issue and then discuss the latest treatment options and research.

Contents

Children's Heart Health: An Overview
Facts about Congenital Heart Disease
Treating Congenital Heart Disease
Meeting the Challenges of Treating Congenital Heart Disease
What are Some Common Congenital defects?

Pediatric Heart Defects: Diagnostic Procedures
Can heart defects be diagnosed before a baby is born?
What indicators might suggest a potential fetal heart abnormality?
Can heartbeat abnormalities be treated before the baby is born?
What indicators might suggest a potential heart abnormality in a newborn?
What indicators might suggest a potential heart abnormality in an infant or child?
What is a heart murmur?
If a heart defect is suspected, what further testing is required to diagnose an abnormality in an infant?
What testing should be performed for older children or adolescents?
Magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterization
Summary

Management of Arrhythmias
The Normal Cardiac Cycle
Taking your pulse
What is an arrhythmia?
Common types of arrhythmias

Tachycardia
Bradycardia
Supraventricular arrhythmias
Premature atrial contractions ( PACs )
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia ( PSVT )
Accessory pathway mediated tachycardias
AV nodal reentrant tachycardia
Atrial tachycardia
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Ventricular arrhythmias
Premature ventricular contractions ( PVCs )
Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular fibrillation
Bradyarrhythmias
Sinus node dysfunction
Heart block
What are the symptoms of arrhythmia?
How are arrhythmias diagnosed and what is the risk assessment?

Diagnostic Tests
Electrocardiogram ( ECG )
Ambulatory monitors
Stress test
Echocardiogram
Cardiac catheterization
Electrophysiology study ( EPS )
Head upright tilt test ( HUT )
How are arrhythmias treated?

Treatment options
Medication
Electrical cardioversion
Permanent pacemaker
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ( ICD )
Radiofrequency catheter ablation ( RFA )
Open heart surgery

New Alternatives to Open Heart Surgery for Children
Common catheterization procedures
Creating septal defects
Opening stenotic valves
Opening stenotic vessels
Closing abnormal vessels
Closing septal defects

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Open heart corrective surgical procedures
Challenges for open heart procedures
Types of procedures
Arterial Switch
Fontan procedure
Pulmonary artery banding
Ross procedure
Shunt procedure
Transplantation
Recovery
Follow up care
Success rates
Summary