Parents Express Gratitude in a Heartbeat for the Strength of Stanford’s Pediatric Network
Child celebrates another “heart-aversary” after undergoing open-heart surgery nine years ago at only two months old.
Child celebrates another “heart-aversary” after undergoing open-heart surgery nine years ago at only two months old.
Meet the smallest baby to have been treated by our Preterm PDA Closure Program team.
Ryan Chian life was saved in part by teen siblings Ian and Molly Hanaray.
A Stanford Medicine Children’s Health pediatric heart transplant patient is riding on the Donate Life Rose Parade float to raise awareness for organ donation. This is her story.
Om, who was born very early, faced death and survived. Doctors don’t always know why one extremely premature baby makes it while another does not. But his parents know why Om survived.
Stanford doctors provided specialized heart and ENT follow-up care for preschooler.
Family finds patient-centered care at Stanford for toddler son with Down syndrome.
Novel heart-lung procedure gives toddler a chance at a full life. Heart team combines two highly complex specialties in an unique surgical procedure.
Resilient teen becomes Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s legendary 500th heart transplant.
COVID-19 is daunting for all parents, but even more so for parents of children with a heart condition.
Family of teen was told she couldn’t be saved, but doctors at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health offered solutions.
Specialized teams serve as lifeline for parents of children with medically complex needs.
Quick-witted teen gets treated for a rare genetic heart condition, and arrhythmia by one-of-a-kind cardiology team at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
An inquisitive teenager and a determined cardiologist work together to treat a rare type of pediatric arrhythmia which required a different approach.
Even successfully treated congenital heart defects require lifelong monitoring and specialized treatment.
Telehealth visits and at-home monitoring made it possible for a teenager to be diagnosed and treated for a heart condition with minimal personal contact.
A determined mom fights to find lifesaving treatment for her son’s Williams syndrome.
Not the youngest, but possibly the smallest baby in the nation to receive an ICD.
Teamwork helps teen survive rare cancer.
In her own words, a transplant patient’s personal essay: “I am the girl with a history of restrictive cardiomyopathy.”
Doctors leverage 3D imaging software to expand the potential donor pool for children in need… Read more »
David Axelrod, MD attended the Oculus Connect 4 conference where he appeared as an expert on a panel about the applications of VR in healthcare.
Brayden McQuillan, now 3 months old, had a ventricular assist device implanted on his 18th day of life to help his failing heart pump blood.
Kenyati Thompson Jr. is returning to his life in Bakersfield, California, after recovering from a sudden, nearly fatal cardiac arrest at his school.
Stanford is leading a multisite study of a new ventricular assist device for children who are awaiting heart transplantation.
Early Wednesday morning, after 512 days on the transplant wait list, 8-year-old Gage Bingham became the third child in his family to receive a new heart.
Marissa Eustaquio’s case was a mystery. After a strong recovery from heart surgery as a child, she’d been active for years, enjoying dancing, hula, gymnastics, running, and bike-riding.
U.S. News & World Report has named Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to the 2016-17 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, making it the only children’s hospital in Northern California and one of just three on the West Coast to achieve this status.
Linda Luna was five months pregnant with her first child when she got the bad news: Ultrasound scans showed a deadly defect in her baby boy’s heart. He had a 90 percent chance of dying before or just after birth. But thanks to a groundbreaking treatment at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, two-month-old baby Liam, who just went home to San Jose last week, is beating those odds.
On Sunday, February 8, dozens of patient families with children that have congenital heart disease gathered to celebrate lives saved and CHD Awareness Week (2/7/15 – 2/14/15).
ABC 7’s Lilian Kim reports on heart transplant recipient Lizzie Johnson, 14, and her family, about receiving the ultimate gift for Christmas this year, a new heart and a second chance at life.
When a child’s heart is not making the right sounds, it can make parents very nervous. Alaina Kipps, MD, pediatric cardiologist in our Heart Center, explains that it’s actually very common and usually not as scary as you would think.
Other cardiologists are plumbers; I’m an electrician,” says Dubin. “Most cardiologists deal with structural heart disease: how the plumbing works and how the heart pumps. I focus on the electrical system that drives the pump.
A Minnesota doctor diagnosed Katie Grace, now 12, with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension “IPAH,” at only 5 years old, and didn’t expect her to live. But the spunky lover of swimming beat the odds of that diagnosis, and received a rare heart-lung transplant in June.
Karina Gomez’s daughter, Kassaundra, was born in 2002 with a rare and life-threatening cardiac abnormality. At just 2 days old, Packard heart surgeons attached a tiny pacemaker to one of the two lower chambers, or ventricles, of her heart. Five months later, it was replaced it with a more advanced device wired to both ventricles.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital is embarking on a transformative expansion project. Growth will allow Packard to continue to offer the most advanced cures, treatments, and technologies available, performed by the best minds in pediatric and obstetric medicine, within a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the special needs of children and families.
In the U.S. News & World Report publication of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2012-13,… Read more »
In an extremely rare three-day series of transplants in May, three young adults received new hearts at the Children’s Heart Center at Packard Children’s, including an extraordinarily uncommon double-organ heart and liver transplant.