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Artificial Right Atrium for Fontan Patients Wins Key Funding

April 4, 2025

A CHLA-led team received the highly selective USC NEMO Prize to support their work on a novel device to help bridge Fontan patients to transplant.

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CHLA Surgeon Leads Hands-On Course on Ross Procedure

January 31, 2025

CHLA has extensive expertise in the Ross procedure, which offers improved long-term survival over prosthetic aortic valves.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Artificial Right Atrium Aims to Bridge Fontan Patients to Transplant

August 9, 2024

A CHLA-led team has received a patent for a first-of-its-kind device for patients with a Fontan circulation.

Care Innovation

How Should Surgeons Approach Heart Transplants in Adults With Fontan Circulations?

July 31, 2023

A CHLA surgeon shares key takeaways from her talk on performing heart transplants in adults with failing Fontan circulation.

Press Release

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Experts Present on the Latest in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Diseases at 25th Annual Cardiology 2022 Conference

August 24, 2022

Cardiology 2022 will feature multiple talks in plenary sessions, presentations in subspecialty breakout sessions and moderated panel discussions that cover every aspect of pediatric and congenital

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Our Patients

Emme Got a New Heart—and Made New Friends—at CHLA

November 12, 2021

Expertise and state-of-the-art technology helped Emme get a new heart at the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Our Patients

Teen Receives Historic Heart-Liver Transplant

June 29, 2021

After a rare heart disorder triggered severe liver problems, Mark needed a lifesaving dual organ transplant. Read how 11 hospital teams carried out the intricate procedure, a first at Children’s

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Research and Breakthroughs

Could an Artificial Right Atrium Bridge Fontan Patients to Transplant?

February 24, 2020

A novel design from a team led by Cynthia Herrington, MD, gears up for preclinical studies.

Our Patients

A Pioneering Transplant Turns Ruben’s Heart Around (Literally)

February 22, 2019

The new heart was on its way down from the helipad. At the same time, Cynthia Herrington, MD, was carefully removing Ruben’s old heart from his chest. It was a heart she had seen before—she had

Press Release

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Heart Transplant Program Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence

February 15, 2018

Today the hospital operates one of the nation's leading pediatric heart transplant programs This month, The Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) celebrates the 25 th anniversary

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