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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.

Here’s how the team performed the procedure, which spared a teen from open-heart surgery.

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

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

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

A new clinical trial aims to shed light on how to best treat a patent ductus arteriosus in the most fragile infants.

The Ross procedure offers children the opportunity to have an aortic valve replacement that is their own valve: the pulmonary valve.

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