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Early Experience Using Implanted Hemodynamic Monitor (CardioMEMs) for Hemodynamic Assessment during Exercise in Pediatric Patients with Fontan Circulation

We report our experience with 4 children, in whom implanted hemodynamic monitor was utilized to assess Fontan pressures during exercise.

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Safety and Utility of CardioMEMS Device for Remote Pulmonary Artery Monitoring in Paediatric Fontan Patients: A Case Series

Patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease who undergo total cavo-pulmonary anastomosis (Fontan surgery) suffer from elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), which leads to multiple adverse sequelae.

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Accuracy of Elastography Versus Biopsy in Assessing Severity of Liver Fibrosis in Young Fontan Patients

Patients born with single ventricle CHD undergo staged surgical palliation culminating in total cavo-pulmonary anastomosis (also known as Fontan or Kreutzer procedure).

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Neurological Injury Paradigm Shifts in CHD Patients

While surgical survival for complex congenital heart disease (CHD) now exceeds 90%, over half of these children still develop significant neurological dysfunction.

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Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes Following Surgical Repair of Simple Coarctation in Early Infancy: A Ten-Year Single Center Review

Coarctation of the aorta is a frequently diagnosed congenital heart defect often requiring surgical repair in early infancy.

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More than a White Matter Injury: Vulnerability of the Preterm Brain and Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)

Neonatologists have remarkably improved survival rates for low birth weight infants to approximately 90%

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First Awake Brain Surgery at Phoenix Children’s

Dr. Jason Hauptman performed Phoenix Children’s first ever Awake Craniotomy. Watch as Dr. Hauptman performs this procedure and discusses how it enables surgeons to operate more precisely and safely.

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Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's 2024 Innovation Report

The 2024 Innovation Report highlights some of the transformative work accomplished over the past year. From groundbreaking clinical programs to cutting-edge research and novel therapeutic approaches, our multidisciplinary teams have worked ...

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Cerebral Vasculopathy in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: An Under-Recognized Problem?

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common genetic disorder caused by mutations in the NF1 gene, which encodes neurofibromin, a GTPase-activating protein (GAP)-related domain that negatively regulates the Ras/mitogen-activated protein ...

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Phoenix Children’s Osteogenesis Imperfecta Clinic

Phoenix Children’s Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Clinic is focused on preventing fractures, treating bone deformities and providing customized care for each patient.

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Twin Soccer Athletes with Simultaneous ACL Tears - Which Graft Would You Chose?

Identical twins served as soccer team captains for a charter school in west Phoenix. Both suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries during their junior year soccer season within a five-week period.

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First Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infection Course Held in Addis Ababa

In a groundbreaking initiative to advance pediatric healthcare in LMICs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia played host to the inaugural AO Alliance/CURE Children’s Hospital of Ethiopia Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infection Course, bringing together ...