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Hope for the Future
As a mom and a nurse in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital newborn intensive care unit, Lisa Taylor can sense ...
Youngest Heart Recipient at St. Louis Children's Hospital Celebrates 30 Years With Donor Heart
Brett Myers celebrates a huge milestone at the same time St. Louis Children's Hospital also marks an important achievement. ...
Medical Animations: Patent Ductus Arteriosus
The ductus arteriosus is a normal structure in the fetal circulatory system that allows blood to bypass the fetal lungs ...
Medical Animations: Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Surgery
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a type of atrial septal defect. It is a small hole that remains open ...
Medical Animations: Ventricular Septal Defect
A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a congenital heart defect where there is an opening in the septum between the ...
Medical Animations: Patent Foramen Ovale
The foramen ovale is a natural opening that exists between the right and left atria in the fetal circulatory system ...
Medical Animations: Atrial Septal Defect and Ventricular Septal Defect
Two of the more common congenital disorders are ventricular septal defects and atrial septal defects, or VSD and ASD, respectively ...
Patients Ride in Style at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
The traditional modes of hospital transportation can be flat out scary; my how things are changing at St. Louis Children’s ...
Kaylah Rainey: After Everything I've Been Through, My Heart is Set on Playing Basketball
"The next thing I knew I was at St. Louis Children's Hospital. The cardiologist said I wouldn't be able to ...