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Ochsner Children’s Hospital Advocates to Close the Gap in Pediatric Heart Care

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Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:10 February 21, 2024 — Ochsner Children's Hospital , ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices.

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Researchers Link Infant Heart Defects, Childhood Cancer

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are forms of congenital heart defects (CHD). about 12 infants in 1,000 births have a congenital heart defect, according to the Associations 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics. Researchers have yet to determine why having a baby with a congenital heart defect is associated with a higher risk for cancer in mothers.

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The impact of pre-transplant ventricular assist device support in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure on the outcomes of heart transplantation—“a single center experience”

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

In light of the limited availability of donor organs, particularly in Europe, the number of children requiring ventricular assist device support is rising at an unavoidable rate.MethodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent a single and primary pediatric heart transplantation.

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Overcoming the Odds with Expert Fetal Cardiology Care: Zeke and Zane’s Story

Conquering CHD

As far as congenital heart diseases go, HLHS falls on the rarer end of the spectrum. Zane was diagnosed during a routine ultrasound at 20 weeks’ gestation and his mom, Kayla, was immediately referred to the Colorado Fetal Care Center (CFCC) at Childrens Hospital Colorado. Go do what you want to do and know your limits.

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Lantheus Announces the FDA Approval of DEFINITY as Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Certain Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients

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Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly.

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Children's National, med device company partner on pediatric heart tech

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

based Children's National Hospital has partnered with medical device company Compremium AG to help develop new technologies designed for pediatric patients. The partnership will first focus on noninvasive monitoring of central venous pressure for congenital heart disease patients. Washington, D.C.-based

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Peyton Manning, Cincinnati Children's hospitals name heart surgery leader

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Cincinnati Children's and Indianapolis-based Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent have jointly appointed Roosevelt Bryant III, MD, chief of pediatric and congenital heart surgery.