Baby with Rare Heart Defect Saved by Team at CHOP
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Dr. Jack Rychik and Dr. Jack Rome from the Cardiac Center at CHOP were featured in a CBS3 story.
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Prenatal Gene Editing Shows Proof of Concept in Treating Congenital Disease before Birth
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Research published in Nature Medicine shows first example of base-editing tool to correct a disease in utero in animal models.
Impaired Fetal Environment Linked to Lower Survival after Heart Surgery in Newborns
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Children who undergo surgery for congenital heart disease have lower survival rates by 3 years of age if there are specific problems during fetal development.
Groundbreaking Facility in Maternal-Fetal Medicine Celebrates First 10 Years, First 3,600 Deliveries
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The Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been serving healthy mothers carrying fetuses with known birth defects for 10 years.
CHOP Experts Travel to Foshan, China
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The multidisciplinary team from CHOP partnered with colleagues abroad to share knowledge and clinical expertise.
MFM/Cardiology Collaboration Improves Fetal Management and Care
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For more than 10 years, pediatric cardiologists from CHOP's Fetal Heart Program have offered state-of-the-art diagnostic, counseling and management services to fetuses with all forms of cardiovascular disease and their families.
Using Maternal Hyperoxygenation Testing to Plan Postnatal Intervention for Babies with Congenital Heart Lesions
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Read about maternal hyperoxygenation (MH) testing which allows physicians at CHOP the best chance to predict the health of the pulmonary vasculature prenatally.
Early Gestational Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging
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The Fetal Heart Program at CHOP is one of the centers pioneering the effort for early gestational fetal cardiovascular imaging, and the only center in the region offering this unique service to patients.
Open Fetal Surgery for Pericardial Teratoma
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Read the case study of a 23-year-old woman carrying a baby with pericardial teratoma and the open fetal surgery that saved her unborn baby's life.
Studying the Effects of Maternal Stress After a Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
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Read about a research study conducted by the Fetal Diagnosis Program at CHOP that focused on maternal psychological stress after prenatal diagnosis of CHD.