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Reading Program Aims to Help Patients at St. Louis Children's Hospital

St. Louis Children's Hospital is working with a local non-profit to bring a special set of books to young patients ...

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STL Moms: Heart Problems in Children

Much focus is on adults and heart attacks during American Heart Month, but how do you know if your child ...

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How Augmented Reality is Changing the Future of EP Procedures

What do you get when you combine an ever-curious biomedical engineer and a passionate electrophysiologist with Microsoft technology? How about ...

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Help to Better Manage Complex Device Technology

As technology advances, implanted devices for heart arrhythmias are becoming increasingly complex. That’s why St. Louis Children’s Hospital has launched ...

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Heart Donation Gives Young Man New Life

For the first time in years, Landon Gardner doesn't struggle to breathe when he saddles his horse, Duke. ...

Patient Stories

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 ...

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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. ...

Expert Advice

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 ...

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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 ...