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Reverse Potts Shunt to Treat Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Children

Children with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) who have failed medical therapy have limited treatment options and often die from right ...

Patient Stories

This Belleville East Star is Playing Again Just 7 Weeks After Open Heart Surgery

Kaylah Rainey was told her senior season was over before it even started when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening ...

Patient Stories

Strong, Proud and Positive: a Heart Center Family Faces Down Every Challenge.

Learn more about Latoya Evans and Arushus Coleman's story after giving birth to Ari. Read about their experience with St ...

Caregivers

Kelsey's Story

Kelsey and Matthew Mercer share how their son Lincoln inspired them to support other children and families in the heart ...

News

Nurse Practitioner Gives Heartbeat Animals to Heart Patients in Memory of Her Son

A nurse practitioner lost her three-month-old son to a heart issue and other complications, and she's giving away a special ...

Patient Stories

Sweet Liby and Her New Heartbeat

Learn more about Liby Peterson's journey to find a heart transplant with St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...

Caregivers

Michelle Stecher was a Heart Center Patient 30 Years Ago and is Now an Inpatient Nurse

Read more about Michelle Stecher's lifelong struggle as a congenital heart disease patient. Learn more about her experiences with St ...

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From Sioux Falls to St. Louis: A Family Moves to be Near the Heart Center

The Heart Center has doctors who have answers, and that’s what I needed. ...

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Discovery Advances Understanding of Pediatric Cardiomyopathy

In 2010, just two days before Christmas, Colleen and Mike Miller learned that their 6-month-old daughter, Layla, suffered from dilated ...