Patient Education
Congenital Heart Defects
Pediatric cardiologists follow children with known heart defects and present them
to the pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at a time when surgery is the best recourse.
Sometimes surgical timing depends upon age/weight/medical status of the child, and
sometimes it is more urgent, dependent upon the life-threatening nature of some of
these problems. Each situation is unique, but in general the cardiologist and cardiothoracic
surgeon will talk to you about the nature of the surgery, and the staff will set up
a surgery appointment.
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Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
The ECMO team performs a critical role in patient health and overall outcome by assisting
the entire congenital heart program. In addition to assisting in the operating room,
the team works closely with the medical attending and nurses in the intensive care
units for the comprehensive care of ECPR/ ECMO.
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