Cardiac Center Research
The physicians and scientists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Cardiac Center are internationally recognized leaders in basic and clinical research in pediatric heart disease. Our team works to bring important discoveries rapidly from bench to bedside to benefit children everywhere.
We are one of seven hospitals funded by The Pediatric Heart Network (PHN). PHN is a group of Hospitals chosen for their experienced research teams and formed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study problems in children with heart disease. We are also a leading recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health as well as other individuals and organizations.
Below are some of the Cardiac Center studies currently underway:
- Better valves, better lives
- Brain injury in newborns with congenital heart defects
- Effects of stress caused by prenatal diagnoses
- Genetic roots of heart disease
- Heart valve disease
- Home Care After Cardiac Surgery in Infants With CHD
- Improving Blood Flow After Surgery to Treat Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Neurodevelopmental problems in children with complex congenital heart defects
- Psychological impact of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease
- Underlying causes of heart defects
- Understanding the cause of ischemia in Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery (AAOCA)
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