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Comprehensive Clinic Addresses Noncardiac Issues of Fontan Patients

St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine offers a multidisciplinary option for evaluating children for the noncardiac ...

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Historic Heart-Lung Transplant Saves Baby

Read about how St. Louis Children's Hospital helped Jack with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. ...

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The Head-Heart Connection

In search of the best way to protect the brain development of children with congenital heart disease Neonatologist Cynthia Ortinau ...

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Clinic Helps Children With Congenital Heart Disease Reach Their Full Potential

Children with congenital heart disease are now surviving and living longer lives because of advances in surgeries and medical management ...

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Kayla's Story With the Melody Heart Valve

“I just want to be able to fly!” says 14-year-old Kayla Adams. Adams, an incoming high school freshman, just made ...

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Logan - A Year to Remember

He may be only two months old. And he’s only recently gone home from the NICU at St. Louis Children’s ...

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Aiden - One in a Million

From an early age Aiden was born without a palate. He had lung troubles and was put on the transplant ...

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3-D Maps Help Find and Fix Electrical Heart Problems Like Correy's

Although cardiac arrhythmias can be treated successfully even in the newborn period, arrhythmias can also arise as a result of ...

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A 15-Hour Heart Transplant, Ryan’s Shot at a Normal Life

On August 15, 1994, Ryan Heller was born in Rockford, Illinois. About 12 hours after birth, Ryan was diagnosed with ...