Heart / Cardiology

How ECMO Can Save a Child’s Life

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can help save children with critical cardiac or pulmonary disease.

Patients who have undergone complex, cardiovascular procedures at CHOC need specialized care. They get that in a dedicated CVICU.

CHOC’s pediatric cardiologists are pioneering techniques that replace conventional open-heart surgery for some complex disorders.

The experts at the CHOC Heart Institute perform thousands of EKGs a year, as well as other noninvasive cardiodiagnostic tests and procedures.

Dr. Pierangelo Renella, a pediatric cardiologist at CHOC, explains the signs and causes of chest pain in children common condition.

In the minimally invasive procedure, a hollow tube holding a heart valve is inserted into a vein in the leg and is guided to the heart.

Check out these helpful facts about heart murmurs in children from Dr. Nita Doshi, pediatric cardiologist at CHOC.

In this Q&A, Dr. Pierangelo Renella explains the signs and causes of this common condition, rarely associated with the heart.

The new Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) Therapy is a less invasive procedure which can delay the need for open heart surgery.