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A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles team has performed the first-in-human implant of a cardiac stent for babies that can be expanded to adult size as a child grows.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is evaluating several novel devices for congenital heart disease—and recently performed the world’s first implant of a novel stent for babies.

Combining expertise with ingenuity, a team of cardiovascular specialists fixes a rare heart defect in a premature baby.

In July 2015, Samantha and Marco Davila were at week 20 of their pregnancy, and they were excited to learn of their first child’s gender. But something was spotted on the ultrasound that would change

A Heart Institute team is developing a new algorithm to guide care for patients with a rare heart defect.

Follow the ‘incredible saga’ of a teen’s battle with a deadly heart infection—including a rare double-organ transplant.

Even before Angelique Garcia was born, doctors at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles knew she had a severe form of congenital heart disease called complete atrioventricular canal defect (CAVC), thanks to

At birth, it seemed Jaxon’s only hope was a procedure that would leave him with “half a heart.” But once in surgery, everything changed.

Two Heart Institute physicians discuss a milestone ventricular assist device procedure at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.