Fetal Heart Program Patient Stories

Elliot’s heart condition, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), is under control thanks to the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

After undergoing fetal surgery at CHOP for a pericardial teratoma, Tucker became the first baby to survive having a tumor removed from his heart before birth.

After learning that their unborn baby had heterotaxy syndrome and CHD, Alison and Philip turned to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for hope.

After learning that their unborn baby had transposition of the great arteries (TGA), Natalie and Pete turned to CHOP’s Fetal Heart Program for lifesaving treatment.

LJ was diagnosed before birth with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) and treated by CHOP's Fetal Heart Program.

After her toddler daughter Samaria had her third open heart surgery at CHOP to treat a single ventricle heart defect, Bonnie Martin knew she wanted to give something back to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

While still in the womb, Natalie's heart was already clogged with calcium. Her parents knew it didn't look good. They sought help from national experts in fetal cardiac conditions at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.