No parent wants to learn of their child will born with a congenital heart defect. And while doctors can help treat the problem in some, others need an entire transplant.

A donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart transplant surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt ...

A 17-year-old patient from Navi Mumbai has received a new lease on life following the first-ever pediatric heart transplant ...

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) successfully performed the hospital's first-ever heart and liver dual organ transplant, with support from dozens of team members across 25 different ...

Vanderbilt surgeons report that a cold, oxygen-rich preservation technique called REUP enabled ten pediatric heart transplants from donors after circulatory death, including hearts that would ...

Chicago, Illinois – 27 April, 2025 – A groundbreaking collaboration among leading organizations in pediatric heart transplantation has led to the formation of Pediatric Heart Transplant Alliance.

The 6-year-old ran up and down the hall, first to one nurse, then another, to the receptionist and back to her mom. She could ...

Advances in pediatric heart care are helping more children survive long enough to receive a transplant-but a critical shortage of donor hearts means too many are still dying while they wait, experts ...

Justin Cauthen, the first pediatric patient to undergo a heart transplant at a Long Island hospital, opened his eyes after seven hours in surgery and could finally breathe easy. "When I woke up after ...

A groundbreaking donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart transplant surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's ...

When Trish Cardin's third son was born with a deadly heart condition in May 1986, doctors suspected his tiny heart might pump ...