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• Adult Congenital Heart Disease Surgery
• Airway Stenosis
• Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

  Surgery for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return for Children

  Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is a condition where the vessels from the lungs take an abnormal path back to the heart. TAPVR surgery is open heart surgery to fix this problem.
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• Aortic Root Repair
• Assist Devices
• Atrial Septal Defect Repair

  Atrial Septal Defect Transcatheter Repair for Children

  Atrial septal defect (ASD) transcatheter repair is a procedure to fix a hole in the atrial septum. The atrial septum is a wall that separates the right and left upper chambers in the heart (atria). This hole is called an atrial septal defect or ASD. Your child will not need an incision in the chest wall for this procedure.
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• General Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Heart
• Heart Lung Transplant

  Heart Transplant

  A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.
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• Heart Transplant

  Heart Transplant

  A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.
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• Infants
• Lung Transplant

  Lung Transplant

  A lung transplant is surgery done to remove a diseased lung and replace it with a healthy lung from another person. The surgery may be done for one lung or for both. Lung transplants can be done on people of almost all ages from newborns to adults up to age 65 and sometimes even later.
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• Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
• Mediastinal Tumor
• Mitral Valve Surgery

  Mitral Valve Replacement: Open

  An open mitral valve replacement is a surgery to replace a poorly working mitral valve with an artificial valve. The mitral valve, one of the heart's four valves, helps blood flow through the heart and out to the body. The mitral valve lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Your doctor will replace your poorly working mitral valve with an artificial valve. This will ensure that blood can flow into the left ventricle and then flow out to the body normally, without putting extra stress on the heart. The surgery is called “open” because it uses a traditional larger incision to expose the heart. This incision is larger than the incision used in minimally invasive mitral valve replacement surgery.
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• Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
• Pectus Excavatum / Carinatum
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Heart Transplantation

  Heart Transplant for Children

  A heart transplant is a surgery to replace a diseased heart with a healthy one from an organ donor. Organ donors are adults or children who have become critically ill, often because because of injury. They will not live because of their illness or injury.
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• Pediatric Lung Transplantation

  Lung Transplantation in Children

  A detailed look at lung transplantation in children, including why it is advised, information about the surgery, and the long-term outlook for a child after a lung transplant.
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• Pericardial Window

  Pericardial Window

  A pericardial window is a procedure done on the sac around the heart. Surgically removing a small part of the sac lets doctors drain excess fluid from the sac.
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• Resynchronization therapy for Congenital Cardiac Disease

  Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

  Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a type of treatment to help correct serious heart rhythm problems. It involves placing a device under your skin that is connected to the heart's ventricles. The device sends electrical signals to help them pump the way they should.
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• Thymoma

  Thymus Cancer: Introduction

  Thymus cancer is cancer that starts in the thymus. This is a small organ in the front part of your chest under the breastbone. Learn more about this type of cancer.
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• Thymus

  Myasthenia Gravis

  Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which antibodies destroy neuromuscular connections. This causes problems with communication between nerves and muscle, resulting in weakness of the skeletal muscles. Myasthenia gravis affects the voluntary muscles of the body, especially the eyes, mouth, throat, and limbs.
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• Tricuspid Valve Surgery
• Ventricular Assist Devices for Pediatric Population

• Clinical Outcomes Research
• Animal Research for Development of Conduits
• Ventricular Assist Devices in Pediatric Population
• Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Transplantation; BIPACS Trial: NIH Funded Study
• Medical and Surgical Education
• Quality Improvement Projects in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Lung in a Box
• Heart in a Box
• Total Artificial Heart

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation
Women in Thoracic Surgery
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Subspecialty Certification in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

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• Rachel Cooper Foundation Research Award
• TSF Edwards Lifesciences Foundation Every Heartbeat Matters Award

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