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Medical Animations: Ventricular Septal Defect
A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a congenital heart defect where there is an opening in the septum between the ...
Medical Animations: Patent Foramen Ovale
The foramen ovale is a natural opening that exists between the right and left atria in the fetal circulatory system ...
Medical Animations: Atrial Septal Defect and Ventricular Septal Defect
Two of the more common congenital disorders are ventricular septal defects and atrial septal defects, or VSD and ASD, respectively ...
Patients Ride in Style at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
The traditional modes of hospital transportation can be flat out scary; my how things are changing at St. Louis Children’s ...
Kaylah Rainey: After Everything I've Been Through, My Heart is Set on Playing Basketball
"The next thing I knew I was at St. Louis Children's Hospital. The cardiologist said I wouldn't be able to ...
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Celebrates 500th Heart Transplant
In late January 2019, the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Heart Center was the first pediatric heart transplant program in the ...
Doctors Develop Heart Goggles
Jon and Jennifer Silva are revolutionizing the way doctors view the heart during a procedure, and it's all thanks to ...
14-year-old Peorian Doing Well After Double Lung Transplant
Will, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as an infant, had a double lung transplant at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. ...
Perinatal Behavioral Health Service Provides Support for Heart Patients’ Families
St. Louis Children's Hospital discusses how they provide support to families with for newborn heart patient's families. Learn more. ...
