Cardiac Center Patient Stories

A 4-year-old from N.Y. is the youngest to undergo a life-saving treatment for chylothorax at the Center for Lymphatic Disorders at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

A South Dakota family turns to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Lymphatic Disorders to treat their newborn’s life-threatening disease.

Harper has overcome a lot in her young life but her family refuses to let her diagnosis of Noonan syndrome define what she can accomplish.

At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a child with complex CHD and autism receives the developmental support he needs to thrive.

A critically ill 10-month-old with heart failure receives an innovative bridge to transplant – performed for the first time at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

A baby is given a second chance at life with an innovative bridge to transplant performed only at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and few other institutions.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Pulmonary Vein Stenosis (PVS) Program treats a baby’s severe PVS with medication typically used to treat cancer.

A seemingly benign heart murmur after birth prompts a newborn’s parents to pursue diagnosis and treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

A young adult with CHD pursues her passion, supported by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Fontan Rehabilitation, Wellness, Activity and Resilience Development Program.

Experts from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia performed lifesaving fetal open heart surgery to remove a tumor growing on Arley’s heart.