Defect

>> TODAY AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA, THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR BABIES LIKE STOSH TO BE BORN. THIS IS THE GARBOSE FAMILY SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT, THE...

>> FROM THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT, THE NEWBORN IS TAKEN TO THE CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT JUST STEPS AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER'S ROOM. THE CICU AT CHOP IS AMONG THE LARGEST AND MOST...

>> IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND STAGE OPERATIONS, BABIES CONTINUE TO BE AT RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS, EVEN DEATH. WHEN JASON HAD HIS SURGERIES, HIS FAMILY COULD ONLY WATCH AND...

>> DESPITE EXTRAORDINARY ADVANCES IN CARE AND STEADILY IMPROVING OUTCOMES, SOME PATIENTS WITH A SINGLE VENTRICLE WILL EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE HEART FAILURE AND REQUIRE TRANSPLANTATION....

>> THERE IS NOTHING MORE DIFFICULT FOR A FAMILY TO COPE WITH THAN THE UNKNOWN. AND IF THEY ARE FACED WITH A SITUATION THAT IS VERY NEBULOUS, THAT CAN GO EITHER WAY WITHOUT GOOD...

>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO AFTER A BABY IS BORN IS WE WANT TO STABILIZE THE CHILD, MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER ORGANS INVOLVED, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ASSOCIATED ANOMALIES IN SOME...

>> THE CARDIAC CENTER AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA WAS CREATED IN ABOUT 1997 AS A WAY OF BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THE AREAS OF SPECIALTY DEALING WITH CHILDREN WITH...

>> THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO MAKE THIS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, TO MAKE THE RESOURCES OF THE CARDIAC CENTER EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES AND PATIENTS AND TO REFERRING PHYSICIANS....

>> I WORKED AT CHOP FOR 15 YEARS IN THE ECHO LAB, AND WE WERE JUST FOOLING AROUND, SCANNING THE BABY. AND THE FETAL HEART TECHNICIAN, SHE ACTUALLY CAUGHT THIS LESION WHEN I WAS 15 WEEKS...

>> WHEN WE REPAIR TETRALOGY OF FALLOT, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. ONE IS TO CLOSE THE VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT SO THAT THERE'S NO MIXING BETWEEN THE TWO...