Home for the Holidays after Heart Surgery
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In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, one Virginia family chose CHOP for their daughter’s heart repair.
Fetal Heart Program News and Updates
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Cardiac Center at CHOP Launches New Educational Lecture Series for Healthcare Professionals
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A new, free video-based educational series for clinical and research professionals in pediatric cardiology, hosted by Dr. Jack Rychik, will feature dynamic discussions and presentations about pediatric and congenital heart care.
Creation of a Birth Defects Biorepository
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Data collected by CHOP's new Birth Defects Biorepository will be used to investigate factors that may cause birth defects and that may modify the long-term outcomes.
A Special Team to Guide Families Through Their Care Journey
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The Fetal Heart Program provides comprehensive, compassionate care that addresses the medical as well as psychosocial effects of a family’s experience in the setting of a fetal congenital heart disease diagnosis.
Maternal Hyperoxygenation Testing During Fetal Echocardiography
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The Fetal Heart Program at CHOP is one of the first programs in the world to begin incorporating provocative testing with maternal hyperoxygenation in our fetal echocardiography imaging suite.
Multidisciplinary Care for Fetal Pulmonary Arterio-venous Fistula
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This case highlights the complex, multidisciplinary care required for prenatal management, delivery and immediate cardiac intervention for pulmonary arterio-venous fistula (PAVF).
Baby with Rare Heart Defect Saved by Team at CHOP
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Dr. Jack Rychik and Dr. Jack Rome from the Cardiac Center at CHOP were featured in a CBS3 story.
Prenatal Gene Editing Shows Proof of Concept in Treating Congenital Disease before Birth
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Research published in Nature Medicine shows first example of base-editing tool to correct a disease in utero in animal models.
Impaired Fetal Environment Linked to Lower Survival after Heart Surgery in Newborns
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Children who undergo surgery for congenital heart disease have lower survival rates by 3 years of age if there are specific problems during fetal development.
Groundbreaking Facility in Maternal-Fetal Medicine Celebrates First 10 Years, First 3,600 Deliveries
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The Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been serving healthy mothers carrying fetuses with known birth defects for 10 years.