Patient stories

Vomiting and swollen legs led to a shocking diagnosis: Jayden’s heart was failing. A heart transplant at CHOP has transformed his life.

When seemingly healthy Angy-Mike was diagnosed with cardiac disease, his family was shocked. A new heart got this high school wrestler back on the mat.

Cherish’s rare and extremely serious heart condition went undiagnosed for years. CHOP experts gave Cherish and her family, at first, hope, and then a new heart.

Naadir, 13, is recovering successfully from a heart transplant after four months on a ventricular assist device implanted at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.