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    Heart-Lung Transplant Patient Going Strong, Reaching Dreams at 16-Year Mark

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    July 11, 2024 | Lynn Nichols

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    Ask Your Family About Heart Disease

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    December 18, 2023 | Elizabeth Valente

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    October 3, 2023 | Lynn Nichols

    World Heart Day Q&A with Stanford Children’s Heart Doctors

    On World Heart Day, we asked our pediatric cardiologists to answer questions around exercise for their child with heart disease. 

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