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Resources for Families

Check out some useful resources for families during their time with Heart and Chest Surgery.

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Hearing Team Education Series

The Hearing Program has designed an education series to discuss topics related to hearing loss in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere.

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Speech Services for Hearing Loss

We offers many speech services to meet the individual needs of your child and family. Services are based on your choices.

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Aimee Armstrong, MD, Featured on The Doctors

Director of Cardiac Catheterization & Interventional Therapies, Dr. Aimee Armstrong, was featured on The Doctors TV show discussing a rare procedure she performed through The Congenital Heart Collaborative, a partnership with UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.

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Atrial Septoplasty

What is Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome with an Intact / Restrictive Atrial Septum? In some unborn babies (fetuses) with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), there is either no hole or too small of a hole in the wall between the top chambers of the heart.

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Aortic Stenosis Balloon Valvuloplasty

What is Critical Aortic Stenosis? In the normal fetal heart, blood flows from the heart through the aortic valve to the rest of the body. The term ‘aortic stenosis’ means narrowing of the aortic valve. Critical means the narrowing is severe. This limits blood flow to the body.

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Services We Offer

With extensive clinical, diagnostic and surgical capabilities, our program is equipped and staffed to address all aspects of heart failure and transplant care, including heart, heart-lung and lung transplant services.

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Perfusion

Use of the heart-lung machine in cardiac surgery is called cardiopulmonary bypass. Cardiopulmonary bypass provides patients with cardiac and pulmonary support, while bypassing the heart and lungs.

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Speech Treatment

The majority of children born with cleft palate will need speech-language therapy at some point in their life. A speech-language pathologist provides speech-language therapy, which may be in the medical setting, school setting, private clinic, or home-based intervention program.