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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

Zeke and Zane were both diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) before birth. As far as congenital heart diseases go, HLHS falls on the rarer end of the spectrum. The Heart Institute collaborates with the CFCC through the Fetal Cardiology Program. 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

DAIC

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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Researchers Link Infant Heart Defects, Childhood Cancer

DAIC

They range from structural abnormalities, such as openings between the hearts chambers, to severe malformations, such as the absence of heart chambers or valves. about 12 infants in 1,000 births have a congenital heart defect, according to the Associations 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics. In the U.S.,

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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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Christ Hospital, Cincinnati Children's partner on heart clinic

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Cincinnati Children's and the Christ Hospital Health Network, also in Cincinnati, have partnered on a clinic to address the needs of patients with congenital heart disease as they age out of pediatric care.

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FDA Extends Approval for Alirocumab to Lower LDL-C in Pediatric Patients with HeFH 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Addressing an Unmet Need in Pediatric Patients with HeFH Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) affects about 1 in 313 people—characterized by dangerously high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. Untreated, it can trigger early heart disease.