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After the Fontan report - http://www.FontanOperation.com/fontanreport.htm

Special report by a pediatric heart surgeon that describes outcome after a Fontan operation for congenital heart defects like tricuspid atresia and single ventricle

Cardiac surgery for children and adults with congenital heart disease. - http://www.cardiacsurgery4kids.com

Why undergo surgery using methods decades old! View/ read the newest and most innovative techniques including robotics and fetal surgery to deal with complex anatomical heart problems.

Children's Mercy Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery - http://www.childrensmercy.com/cardiovascularsurgery/default.htm

Provides information on diagnosis, treatment of congenital heart disease and physicians. Offers surgical management for children with congenital cardiac conditions and malformations of the great vessels. (Kansas City, MO)

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Columbia University Department of Surgery - http://www.pedsheartmd.org

Based at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. Specialties include extracorporeal life support (ECHMO) and surgery for congenital heart problems, cancer and trauma. (New York, NY)

Heart Center Encyclopedia - http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/default.htm

The Heart Center Encyclopedia, by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's Heart Center staff, provides information about kids' cardiac disorders / congenital heart defects and treatments.

Miami Children's Hospital - http://www.pediatricheartsurgery.com

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. About the department and provides short descriptions and images explaining various types of congenital heart defects and their surgical repair.

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery - http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/surgery/Cardio/PedCTSurg/PedCardSurg.htm

Explains how the heart works, congenital heart defects, preparing for surgery, road to recovery, discharge instructions and parent support group. An informational site to prepare for a child's surgery.

Pediatric Heart Surgery; A Ready Reference for Professionals - http://hometown.aol.com/eliotmay/science2/index.htm

Book for medical professionals depicting forty congenital cardiac anomalies. Each chapter has color diagrams of the normal heart, abnormal heart, and various stages of repair. Text describes anatomy, pathophysiology, surgical repair and postoperative care