Cardiac Center News

Cardiology 2025, the 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, was held this year from February 19 to 23 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Report in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The conference, hosted by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), brought together a dynamic and diverse community of pediatric and congenital cardiovascular professionals and advocates, all united by this year’s theme: Hope, Heal and Learn.

Cardiology 2025, the 28th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, took place from February 19 to 23 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Report in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

The ninth annual Philly Spin-In took place on Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, where more than 200 teams made up of 2,000 supporters rode for heart warriors raising funds and awareness for critical cardiac care and research for the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP).

CHOP’s Cardiac Center harnesses new technologies, such as virtual reality, to deliver individualized, patient-specific care.

Heart transplant policies underwent significant changes in 2016 and 2018, altering how hearts are allocated to patients waiting for a transplant. These changes aimed to improve survival rates and outcomes for patients on the transplant waitlist by prioritizing those with the most pressing needs. In a recent study in Circulation, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reviewed the outcomes and found some patient groups benefitted from the allocation updates, while others did not experience the same level of improvement.

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in collaboration with the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that venous endothelial cells (VECs), a specific type of lung blood vessel cell, can help fix damaged blood vessels in the lungs following lung injury or disease. Their findings were recently published in Nature Cardiovascular Research.

Leaders from CHOP's Youth Heart Watch and the School District of Philadelphia present certificates to six schools recognizing their Heart Safe School status.

Energy drinks, marketed for boosting energy, concentration, and athletic performance, can pose significant cardiovascular risks, including death. Despite the American Academy of Pediatrics’ advice against caffeine consumption by children and adolescents, the United States remains the least regulated country and should take immediate steps to protect vulnerable populations, leading cardiology researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) urged in a recent commentary in the Journal of Pediatrics.

 NRG Energy, one of the nation’s leading electricity and natural gas suppliers, has surpassed $4 million in funding to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) from its charitable program, Choose to Give. The milestone was celebrated at the hospital with a check presentation which included leadership and staff from the Cardiac Center at CHOP.

Findings provide some of the first evidence of potential therapeutic targets for condition affecting thousands of patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease.