Clarifying difference between a thrombus and an embolus (and between thrombosis and embolism)

An atrial septal defect is a hole between the two atriums of the heart. Normally this hole is present at birth but closes within a few days of life. Failure of this hole to close is called an atrial septal defect, and usually is...

How do we know a patient has an acyanotic heart disease? Learn how health care professionals use a variety of tools to diagnosis these conditions, such as stethoscopes, chest x-rays, echocardiogram, and electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG)....

Learn how health care professionals use a variety of tools to diagnose acyanotic heart disease conditions, such as stethoscopes, chest x-rays, echocardiogram, and electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG). [7:57]

Learn about acyanotic heart disease, a group of heart conditions where blood with oxygen mixes with blood with little oxygen in the heart.

Learn about the diagnosis and treatment of Cyanotic heart diseases. [3:48]

Learn about the birth defect of the heart called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. [10:36]

Find out about the heart defect called the ventricular septal defect. [6:22]

Learn about the congenital heart defect, cyanotic heart disease. [7:12]

Learn about the rare congenital heart defect called Ebstein's Anomaly. [6:09]

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Learn about the congenital heart disorder, tricuspid atresia. [4:49]

Learn about rare heart defect, truncus arteriosus. [3:22]

Learn about a rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects. [11:09]

Tricuspid Atresia is when the tricuspid valve does not develop. This video explains this cyanotic heart disease with a diagram. [4:49]

A video [10:00] explaining how Eisenmenger syndrome is when blood in the heart shunts from right-to-left due to increased pressure in the right ventricle. This increased pressure is usually caused by extra blood flowing through the blood...

A video [7:11] explaining what cyanotic heart disease is and what causes it.

This video explains Truncus Arteriosus with a diagram. [3:23]