Patient stories

Emma, 9, has the energy to swim, dance and participate in the activities she loves thanks to the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Emma has her complex heart problems, including pulmonary hypertension, under control thanks to the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  

William was born with tetralogy of Fallot, a heart condition that requires open heart surgery shortly after birth, and had surgery at CHOP.

Born with a heart defect called tetralogy of Fallot, Jack was just 9 days old when his family learned he also had chromosome 22q11.2 deletion, a rare chromosomal difference.