Patient Care and General Interest
A congenital heart surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts, was once a patient himself.
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Congenital
August 17, 2018
August 15, 2018
As a specialized agency of the United Nations concerned with international public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) supports the mission to treat congenital heart disease in Libya.
August 10, 2018
O’Connor and colleagues hypothesized that higher risk of posttransplant mortality in children receiving heart transplants could be predicted using patient-specific factors not currently accounted for in commonly used risk models.
July 27, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
July 19, 2018
The authors demonstrate a fourth-time redo sternotomy for an eight-year-old girl who had prior repair of an atrioventricular septal defect.
July 13, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
A 7-year-old girl who received a heart transplant as an infant is now competing in the Canadian Transplant Games, which are underway at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
June 29, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
June 22, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
June 8, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
A charity bazaar raised money for a Shanghai Chest Hospital project that offers free heart surgery to children with congenital heart disease in China.
June 5, 2018
This video demonstrates a technique of posterior aortopexy to manage airway compression.