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Conditions

From the beginning of care, through treatment, and into recovery, we provide an experience that’s right for children and families. Children’s National Hospital provides a wide range of clinical services and specialties dedicated to improving children’s health.

Cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy is any disease of the heart muscle in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood effectively.

Pulmonary Atresia

Pulmonary atresia means that there is an abnormal development of the pulmonary valve. Learn more about this condition.

Pulmonary Stenosis

Pulmonary stenosis is a congenital defect that occurs due to abnormal development of the prenatal heart during the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Learn more about this condition.

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF or TET) is a condition of several related congenital defects of the prenatal heart during the first eight weeks of pregnancy. Learn more about this condition.

Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)

Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of heart defect in which the two arteries that carry blood from the heart to the lungs and body are reversed (transposed). Learn more about this condition.

Tricuspid atresia

Tricuspid Atresia

Tricuspid atresia (TA) occurs when the tricuspid valve does not develop correctly which prevents blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle. Learn more about this condition.

Truncus Arteriosus

Truncus arteriosus is a heart defect in which there is an abnormal connection between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Learn more about this condition.

Ventricular Septal Defect diagram

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is an opening in the dividing wall between the two lower chambers of the heart. Learn more about this condition.