Even successfully treated congenital heart defects require lifelong monitoring and specialized treatment.
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What the Winter Olympics and congenital heart disease have in common
Shaun White, three-time Olympic gold medalist was born with a rare heart condition comprised of four congenital heart defects. Seth Hollander, MD, explains.
Baby born with half a heart supported with unusual ventricular assist device
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.
How does a heart defect start? Stanford scientists use stem cells to find out
For years, pediatric cardiologists have been trying to understand the origin of a puzzling congenital defect that creates a spongy texture in the heart muscle wall. Now, Stanford researchers have shown that they can use stem cell techniques to turn donated skin and blood cells from real patients into a useful tool for figuring out how the disease gets started.
Patient Update: Hana’s busy being a happy toddler with her new heart
We introduced Hana Yago a few months ago when she was awaiting a heart transplant. Today, the Yago family of San Francisco are one step closer home and leaps and bounds closer to their “new normal.”
Shaping a Brighter Future
In medicine we often refer to the “natural history of disease”— the normal course that a disease takes in an individual if no treatment occurs. In the case of congenital heart disease, the “natural history” was often death or, at best, survival with significant limitations. Fortunately, that history has changed.
Teen’s rare congenital heart defect fixed at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
A Salinas teen faced a heart defect that could lead to sudden death, so our Heart Center leads the way in fixing a defect more common that most doctors realize.
Phoenix baby saved by heart surgery pioneer
Baby Jackson Lane’s heart problems were “about as dramatic as you can get.” Famed surgeon Dr. Frank Hanley and his team stepped in to save Jackson’s life. “We are just so lucky that we found Dr. Hanley and that our son fought for his life,” said mom Elyse.
