(See Normal Heart Image for comparison)
(Click HERE to see this heart after surgical repair–the Glenn procedure)
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- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) [septum=wall between the chambers of the heart, atriums=top chambers of the heart] – holes in the inner walls of the heart allowing extra blood flow between the two upper chambers of the heart (atriums).
- Double Inlet Left Ventricle (DILV) [intlet=passage for entrance, ventricles=lower chambers of the heart] – both valves (tricuspid & mitral) controlling blood flow out of the upper chambers of the heart lead into a single ventricle–the left ventricle in this case.
- Hypoplastic Right Ventricle (HRV) [hypo=under, plasia=formation or development, ventricles=lower chambers of the heart] The right ventricle is under developed. It is too small. This means the heart will have to work harder and won’t last as long. Sometimes the valves entering or leaving the right ventricle are also too small.
- Transposition of the Great Arteries with congenitally corrected ventricles (cc-TGA) [transposition=switch the order, great arteries=the aorta & the pulmonary artery] – the pulmonary artery and aorta are switched AND the ventricles (lower chambers of the heart) and attached valves (mitral and tricuspid valve) are switched–so the left ventricle is attached to both the aorta and the right atrium (via the mitral valve) while the right ventricle is attached to the pulmonary artery and the left artrium (via the tricuspid valve).
- Tricuspid Artesia (TA)–aka “missing left Atrioventricular (AV) valve”–[atresia=absence of a normal opening] the valve that controls blood flow between the left atrium and the right ventricle (in this cc-TGA heart) is missing or fused shut. This results in a hypoplastic right ventricle, too.
- Pulmonary Stenosis (PS) [pulmonary=having to do with the lungs, stenosis=narrowing of a passage, ] – a narrowing of the pulmonary artery (which carries blood from the heart to the lungs) at or near the pulmonary valve.
Heart IMAGES and text descriptions that may be re-posted or linked on blogs/carepages/facebook to help explain congenital heart defects to family and friends. 
