Pediatric Heart Disease Research

The Cardiovascular Research Lab at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is world-renowned for its heart disease research.

We're always working to understand the causes of congenital heart disease and find new ways to treat children with all types of heart problems.

See our studies below or learn more about heart disease research at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Clinical Studies

Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation

Late Outcomes and Survival in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation II

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Aortic Coarctation Treatment Comparison Study

Comparison between Surgical vs. Balloon Angioplasty vs. Intravascular Stent Placement for Recurrent or Native Coarctation of the Aorta

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Atrial Switch Procedure Database Study

Atrial Switch Database for Transposition of Great Arteries

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Cardiac Biomarkers Generated in Children and Adolescents when Exercising

Effect of Exercise on Serum Cardiac Biomarker Levels in Children and Adolescents

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Heart Regeneration in Tetralogy of Fallot

Mechanistic Clinical Trial of Beta-blocker Administration for Reactivating Cardiomyocyte Division in Tetralogy of Fallot

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Kawasaki Disease/COVID-19 Research Registry

The Association of Kawasaki Disease and COVID-19 with Cardiac Complications: A Focused Sub-study of the International Kawasaki Disease Registry (IKDR)

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Neurocognitive Impact of Surgical Re-intervention for Congenital Heart Disease

Neurocognitive Function of Adolescents and Young Adults with Repaired Complex Congenital Heart Disease After Recent Cardiac Re-Interventions: A Pilot Study

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure with MVP™ Plug: A Retrospective Review

Retrospective Review of PDA Closure with Medtronic MVP™ Micro Vascular Plug in Patients Weighing Less Than Two Kilograms

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Pediatric & Congenital Heart Disease with Heart Failure – Treatment with Advanced Cardiac Therapies: The ACTION Project

Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) to Improve the Health of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Patients with Heart Failure

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Pediatric Heart Transplant Immunosuppressive Therapy Comparing Two Regimens: The TEAMMATE Study – Phase III

Clinical Trial Comparing Everolimus and Low-Dose Tacrolimus to Tacrolimus and Mycophenalate Mofetil at 6 Months Post Heart Transplant to Prevent Long-Term Complications after Pediatric Heart Transplantation

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Pregnancy & Congenital Heart Disease

Prognosis of Pregnant Women with Congenital Heart Disease

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Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Causes Study

ALK1 Signaling in Development of Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis-Associated Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations

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Pulmonary Blood Flow Treatment with Stent versus Shunt

Ductal Stenting vs. Surgical Shunt for Infants with Duct Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow

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Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Identification Before Birth

Fetal Predictors of Pulmonary Valve Stenosis and Determining Post-Delivery Management

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Study

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Disease Mechanisms and Outcomes

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Supraventricular Tachycardia Management – A Treatment Comparison Study

Calcium Channel Blockers versus Beta Blockers in the Chronic Management of SVT in Pediatric Subjects without Pre-excitation Syndrome or Hemodynamically Significant Heart Disease

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Transplant EBV Disease Study

Transplant Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Disease – Pathogenesis and Immunotherapy

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