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St. Louis Children’s Hospital Celebrates 500th Heart Transplant
In late January 2019, the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Heart Center was the first pediatric heart transplant program in the ...
Doctors Develop Heart Goggles
Jon and Jennifer Silva are revolutionizing the way doctors view the heart during a procedure, and it's all thanks to ...
14-year-old Peorian Doing Well After Double Lung Transplant
Will, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as an infant, had a double lung transplant at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. ...
Perinatal Behavioral Health Service Provides Support for Heart Patients’ Families
St. Louis Children's Hospital discusses how they provide support to families with for newborn heart patient's families. Learn more. ...
Medical Animation: Valvular Regurgitation
The heart is a beating muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. Inside the heart, four valves open and shut ...
Medical Animation: Prenatal Heart Circulation
The heart and circulatory system of a fetus begin to form soon after conception. By the end of the fifth ...
Providing Hope Through a Continuum of Care
St. Louis Children’s and Washington University Heart Center offers patients and families medical and emotional support. ...
Medical Animation: Congenital Heart Defects
Congenital heart defect is the term given when one or more defects in the structure of the heart are present ...
Missouri 5-Month-Old Survives Heart-Lung Transplant
On May 23, cardiologists at St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Heart Center performed the transplant on Jack, making him the youngest ...