In honor of American Heart Month, we spoke to Dr. Michele Domico, medical director of CHOC’s cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU)
Heart / Cardiology
Twelve-year-old becomes first CHOC patient to receive life-saving device
Sean and his mom chose a newer option called the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (S-ICD) to treat his heart rhythm issue.
February is American Heart Month — Cyrus’ story
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is a rare congenital heart defect, that’s fatal if untreated. Luckily Cyrus was prenatally diagnosed.
Dominique’s story
With a dream of becoming a pediatrician one day, Dominique Keane-Cawrse’s professional inspiration is close to her heart. The CHOC Children’s patient has a heart condition called tetralogy of fallot, a birth defect that includes four anomalies in the heart and requires lifelong treatment. “I’ve wanted to be a doctor for as long as I […]
Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Children
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating and blood stops flowing to the brain and other organs.
The Importance of Heart Screenings for Athletes
Parents of young athletes should talk to their pediatrician about getting pre-participation sports physicals that include heart screenings. After all, sudden cardiac death is 2 ½ times more likely to occur in young athletes than in non-athletes. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes, occurs in one of every […]
How ECMO Can Save a Child’s Life
By Dr. Michele Domico, medical director, CHOC Children’s ECMO service Children who are hospitalized with critical cardiac or pulmonary disease and don’t respond to current medical treatments might be candidates for a life-saving device called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO (also known as extracorporeal life support) is a heart and lung bypass machine that can be used to […]
