Lessons Learned: Patrick’s Adult CHD Story
As an adult living with congenital heart disease and an implanted heart monitor, Patrick uses his life and health experiences to influence his students' futures.
Patient stories
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) Patient Stories
Tetralogy of Fallot and Discontinuous Pulmonary Arteries: Zane's Story
More than 20 years after open heart surgery, Zane is attending medical school to help other children with congenital heart defects.
Expert Care, from Birth through Adulthood: Erin’s Story
To 22-year-old Erin, her numerous scars are powerful reminders of all she's overcome since being diagnosed with congenital heart disease as a baby.
Tetralogy of Fallot: Fiona's Story
Fiona, 7, has an active lifestyle thanks to surgeries she’s received at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to correct a serious heart problem – TOF.