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NICH Program Gives Parents of Medically-Complex Baby Wings to Fly
Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH) Program supports families of babies with chronic health needs.
Heart Surgery Averts Transplant and Turns Teen From Blue to Pink
Family of teen was told she couldn’t be saved, but doctors at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health offered solutions.
Up and Running Again, With Heart
Roza received a new pair of lungs, a new heart, and a new chance at life.
Boy Wrestles Tough Surgeries for Alagille Syndrome and Wins
A multidisciplinary approach pins down the best care for a complex, rare heart condition.
A Teenager Doesn’t Let a Serious Heart Condition Get Too Serious
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.
Exceptional Lifelong Care for Congenital Heart Disease Takes a Trusted, Team Approach
Even successfully treated congenital heart defects require lifelong monitoring and specialized treatment.
Thriving After A Devastating Heart Prognosis
A determined mom fights to find lifesaving treatment for her son’s Williams syndrome.
Fit to Run: A rare heart procedure for Ziyan Liu
A rare heart support helped middle-schooler Ziyan Liu survive to transplant with a single ventricle heart.
A Valentine’s Day visit filled with heart
For Oakland Raiders cornerback TJ Carrie, Valentine’s Day has a special meaning – it is the anniversary of his open-heart surgery to repair what doctors describe as a one-in-a-million heart defect.
New documentary describes heart transplant family’s journey
On Saturday, MSNBC aired a two-hour documentary called “Heartbreak: Saving the Binghams”.
The Power of Organ Donation
April is Donate Life Month, and 14-year-old Sina Sulunga-Kahaialii of Hawaii is living proof that organ donation saves lives. She recently received a kidney transplant at our hospital due to chronic renal failure.
A Heartfelt Valentine’s Party for CHD Awareness Week
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).
5 Questions about Heart Murmurs with Pediatric Cardiologist Alaina Kipps, MD
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.
Parents from the United Kingdom travelled over 5,000 miles to save daughter Isla’s heart
When parents of baby Isla found out at 16 weeks of pregnancy that their baby had a heart defect, atrioventricular septal defect, or AVSD, they traveled from the UK to the US to get help from pediatric surgeon Dr. Frank Hanley and cardiologist Dr. Stafford Grady.
Video Game Technology and Surgical Expertise Meet in Groundbreaking Tool at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health to Help Parents Understand Complex Heart Repair
One of the most complex birth defects of the heart—and one of the most challenging to repair—can now be easily understood through a groundbreaking, video-game-like graphic now available on the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health website. It’s the first in a series called “Moving Medicine: An Interactive 3-D Look at Conditions and Treatments.”
Nurse coordinator at Stanford’s Adult Congenital Heart Program has the same disease as those she cares for
Christy Sillman is one of the many adult survivors needing lifelong, specialized treatment for her heart. Sillman brings special insights to her work as the nurse coordinator for the Adult Congenital Heart Program at Stanford.
Rare heart-lung transplant allows 12-year-old girl to have a second chance at life
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.
Pioneers of the Berlin Heart
For a child awaiting a heart transplant, the Berlin Heart offers a bridge to life. Packard Children’s helped bring this innovative device to pediatric patients in the United States, and achieved some of the early milestones for the most vulnerable patients.
