The Heart of a Child
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WCVB's Chronicle HD
The Heart of a Child
Originally broadcast March 18, 2011
(The 30 minute show is not archived in a continuous stream.
WCVB broke the episode into 4 chapters, and
each requires a separate click for viewing.)
Part 1: The vitamin all mothers should know that protects against heart defects,
and the story of a newborn with Tetralogy of Fallot
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Part 2: The simple test that can detect major heart defects in
newborns,
and the story of a newborn with total anomalous pulmonary venous return
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Part 3: How to prevent sudden death in athletes,
and the story of the hockey puck that caused cardiac arrest
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Part 4: A brief introduction to CPR
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