Pediatric Cardiology Patient Stories from UPMC Children's Hospital

When Madi was 18 months old, her nurse practitioner discovered a heart murmur during a regular checkup. After seeing a cardiologist and undergoing an EKG and echocardiogram, Madi was diagnosed with atrial septal defect (ASD).

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When Athena was brought in for her one-year checkup, her pediatrician noticed a heart murmur that caused some concern. After additional testing, Athena was diagnosed with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).

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When running a neighborhood 5K, Casey, an active middle schooler, collapsed due to sudden cardiac arrest. Comprehensive care at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh helped rebuild Casey’s strength, allowing him to run the same race again only one year later.

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Caleigh of Uniontown, Pa., learned that she had Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) when she was 18 years old. She underwent a catheter ablation to correct the extra, hyperactive electrical connection in her heart.

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After being diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) as an infant, Noah underwent his first open heart surgery at just 6 months old in his home state of West Virginia. Major complications led him to UPMC Children’s Hospital via medical helicopter where he would spend the next 290 days receiving expert care.

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After finding a hole in the top chamber's of Kade's heart as an infant his family turned to UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to close the hole.

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After being diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) as an infant, Lexi underwent her first open heart surgery at just 6 months old. Now a college senior, Lexi credits the staff of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for never letting her congenital heart condition hold her down.

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Mia suffered from Tetralogy of Fallot. Read about the success of her procedure and experience at Children's Hospital Pittsburgh of UPMC.

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