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Patient Stories

Children’s Arrhythmia Clinic Helps Family Live Normally With Rare Heart Syndrome

Samantha Etheridge and her children have a rare, and potentially life-threatening disease called Brugada syndrome. ...

Patient Stories

Twenty-Five Years Post-Transplant, Jacques Remembers St. Louis Children's Hospital Experience

Kim Jacques recalls being a member of a very exclusive club as a teenager. Kim, who was 16 at the ...

Patient Stories

Special Patient Receives Special Care From Heart Center and Transplant Teams

Dale Robertson, born with a rare congenital heart defect, was among the first generation of patients to receive newly developed ...

Departments

Caring for Young Hearts: MRIs for Children with Pacemakers and ICDs

St. Louis Children’s Hospital now offers “in-house” magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for children with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators ...

Departments

Modified Aquapheresis Therapy Significantly Improves Treatment for Newborns With Kidney Disease or Injury

A creative adaptation of technology initially developed to treat adults with fluid overload has significantly improved the care of newborns ...

News

Plans Underway for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

Washington University pediatric infectious diseases doctors plan to launch clinical trials this spring at St. Louis Children’s Hospital to evaluate ...

Expert Advice

What’s the Deal With TikTok?

St. Louis Children's Hospital discusses how safe it is for your child to use TikTok and four tips for parents ...

Patient Stories

Creating a Full Circle of Care

When 3-month-old Hank Matzke started running a fever and wouldn’t stop crying late one Saturday night, his parents, Amanda and ...

Expert Advice

Continuing Regular Pediatric Care during COVID: Why It’s Crucial

It’s hard to sort out what’s essential and what’s not while balancing everyday life in the middle of a pandemic. ...