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Welcome to the Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) page. Mayo Clinic has cared for child and adult patients living with CHD for more than 60 years. With extensive expertise in treating people with rare and common congenital heart defects, our medical specialists provide exactly the care you need. Follow the CHD page and stay up-to-date as we post stories, clinical trials, resources and other useful information to help you and your loved ones along the CHD journey. Post a comment and share your thoughts.
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Ashley Zimmerman always wanted to have a family, but after suffering a stroke and getting her mitral valve replaced at 24, a future pregnancy would…
In mid-March, Dr. Alexander Egbe, along with Dr. William Miranda and Dr. Carole Warnes, went to and presented at the American College of Cardiology Conference.…
Ron Schneider had multiple surgeries to correct an Atrial Septal Defect in his heart. However, after those surgeries in the late 1990s, Ron's heart continued…
Surgery is a common outcome for congenital heart disease patients. According to the Center for Disease Control, 25 percent of the roughly 40,000 infants born…
Sometimes, patients with congenital heart defects don't realize they have one most of their lives. Sometimes they are discovered when checking for other conditions. For…
Inspired by his friend and Mayo cardiologist,Dr. Joseph Dearani, as well as Mike Rowe's new show "Returning the Favor", a local orthodontist is building cars…
In 1960 a baby girl was born with only one ventricle, and a malformed pulmonary artery. 58 years later, that little girl, Kim Russell, is…
Through the collaboration between the Mayo Clinic campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Rochester, Minnesota, Julie Caimi has not only found out the cause for her…
Congenital heart disease is a basket term for when a child is born with a heart that has a structural abnormality, such as a hole…
“It is a great thing to make scientific discoveries of rare value, but it is even greater to be willing to share these discoveries and…
Ebstein anomaly is defined as a rare congenital heart defect when the tricuspid valve, located between the two right heart chambers, doesn’t work properly. This…
Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies can be of four types: Ectopic Coronary Artery Origin, Coronary Artery Aneurysm, Coronary Artery Fistulae, and the most common, Coronary Artery…
Being prepared is vitally important to the effectiveness of your Mayo Clinic congenital heart disease visit. But what do you need to send to the…
An atrial septal defect is a hole in between the top two chambers of the heart. Due to this, blood flows through the hole from…
A young congenital heart disease patient had his day made by Lindsay Rippy who brought toys to the hospital for him and his older brother,…
Brandon Lane Phillips, M.D. was born with tetrology of Fallot. Treated at Mayo Clinic during college for a second TOF surgery, he now has completed…
Danikka is a seventh-grade gymnast. She recently had congenital heart surgery to repair Ebstein's Anomaly. Danikka, and Dr. Joseph Dearani, her cardiac surgeon, sat down…
Tetralogy of Fallot is the combination of four congenital heart abnormalities. Presenting at birth, the four defects affect the structure of the heart. The defects…
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