Alumni Notes: Spring 2021
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In light the ongoing challenges, it is so important to celebrate our colleagues. This edition, as I think of our CHOP Alumni Motto: Keep … Tradition, Keep … in Mind and Keep … in Touch!
Cardiac Center News and Updates
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Unexpected Consequence of the Pandemic: MIS-C-Related Cardiac Issues
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In late April 2020, there were reports from the United Kingdom of otherwise healthy children presenting with a severe inflammatory disease similar to Kawasaki disease in the setting of COVID-19. There have been several case definitions since then, and in May 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defined this condition as the multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which was the diagnosis for our patient.
Congenital Heart Disease: Lost In Transition
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Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) now outnumber children with CHD because of excellent surgical and medical care in childhood. Lifelong cardiology follow-up is recommended for almost all people with congenital heart disease. Interventions done in childhood are typically palliative and not curative.
Protecting The Heart: Preventive Cardiovascular Program
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Ethan is 16-year-old male who presents to the Lipid Heart Clinic for further evaluation of his dyslipidemia. Past history reveals an otherwise healthy adolescent who experienced a 50-pound weight gain over the past year without height increase.
Fellow's Corner: Mobile Health: A Tool to Improve Quality of Life for Cardiac Patients
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Over the past 50 years, medical and technological advances in pediatric cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery have resulted in a large decline in mortality among children with congenital and acquired heart disease.
CHOP Perfusion Department Receives AmSECT Pillar Award
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The AmSECT Pillar Award is a designation for individual perfusion departments which demonstrate excellence as displayed in a number of key areas.
FDA Approves Device for Non-Surgical Heart Valve Replacement
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CHOP researchers participated in clinical trial that led to approval of Harmony™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV), which allows for valve replacement without open-heart surgery.
Expert Care and Long-term Support for CDH-Related Pulmonary Hypertension
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Early recognition, treatment and management of CDH-related pulmonary hypertension is critical. Our team takes an early and aggressive approach to treatment, and our protocols have been extremely successful.
The Cardiac Center Celebrates Women’s History Month
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In honor of Women’s History Month, the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) invites you to meet a few members of our talented team.
Study Finds Benefits to Both Strategies Used to Treat Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot
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A study involving CHOP researchers has found the two strategies used for treating infants with symptomatic tetralogy of Fallot both have potential benefits for patients.