Teen Overcomes Lung Transplant to See Her Favorite Band
Jennifer Alvarado is a remarkable young woman and BTS superfan who faced the challenges of a lung transplant with unwavering spirit.
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Pulmonary Hypertension
New Lungs Give Young Girl Her Laugh Back
Her pulmonary hypertensive crisis was so severe because it was accompanied by flash pulmonary edema, a sudden and severe accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
Stanford Heart Team Keeps Extremely Ill Baby Alive With Finesse and Teamwork
Girl faces quadruple threat—a viral illness, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and a rare heart defect—and prevails.
A Preemie Transfers and Gets a New Care Plan for BPD
If expectant parents Owen and Jamie Brennan had to guess who they’d be most closely in touch with soon after their baby was born, they wouldn’t have guessed a stranger who lived almost 700 miles away.
Laughter and a Potts Shunt Are the Best Medicine for Boy With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health gives kids with advanced pulmonary hypertension another option besides lung transplant.
