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A CHLA study shows that increased risks for the Ross in neonates and infants are due to more complex heart disease, not a child’s age.

Baby Ali was born with a hole in his heart called atrioventricular septal defect. His father’s search for the best surgeon to fix it led them to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Born with grave cardiac defects, Aaliyah was dying. A CHLA heart surgeon devised a way to keep her alive for close to 500 days until a donor heart was found.

A Children’s Hospital Los Angeles heart surgeon discusses surgical options for neonates and children with congenital aortic stenosis.

CHLA has extensive expertise in the Ross procedure, which offers improved long-term survival over prosthetic aortic valves.

A congenital heart surgeon at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles co-authored the recommendations—the first in the U.S. in more than 20 years.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles faculty will review diagnosis and management challenges of congenital aortic valve stenosis at a dinner symposium Aug. 28.

The new heart was on its way down from the helipad. At the same time, Cynthia Herrington, MD, was carefully removing Ruben’s old heart from his chest. It was a heart she had seen before—she had

Shortly before Christmas 2021, she became the first patient born with a single ventricle to receive a ventricular assist device at CHLA—and continues to beat the odds.