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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and leading Middle East Hospital Establish Strategic Collaboration to Benefit Patient Care, Research and Education

April 30, 2025

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles announced today that it has entered a strategic collaboration with Sidra Medicine, one of the leading hospitals for children and women in Qatar and the Middle East.

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Research and Breakthroughs

How Organ Shortages Affect the Smallest of Heart Transplant Patients

April 28, 2025

A shortage of transplantable organs means that some babies do not get the hearts that they need in time.

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Research and Breakthroughs

CHLA Team Is First in World to Investigate Cardiac Xenotransplant as a ‘Bridge’ for Babies

April 28, 2025

A CHLA heart surgeon presented the xenotransplant results in a plenary session at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation meeting.

Research and Breakthroughs

CHLA Researcher Uses Low-Field MRI to Assess Lung Capacity in Children With Single Ventricle Hearts

April 22, 2025

Novel MRI techniques can provide new treatment insights for single-ventricle heart disease.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Artificial Right Atrium for Fontan Patients Wins Key Funding

April 4, 2025

A CHLA-led team received the highly selective USC NEMO Prize to support their work on a novel device to help bridge Fontan patients to transplant.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Team Designs Groundbreaking Leadless Pacemaker for Kids and Adults

March 6, 2025

CHLA cardiologists partnered with USC engineers to design the first leadless pericardial pacemaker for children and adults.

Advice From Our Experts

Myocarditis and COVID-19 Vaccines: The Latest News for Parents

February 21, 2025

Myocarditis after the COVID-19 vaccine is a rare reaction in young people, but most cases have been short-lived, with patients getting better very quickly.

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Research and Breakthroughs

Q&A: How CHLA’s New Low-Field MRI Could Transform Pediatric Imaging

February 10, 2025

Low-field MRI offers a quieter and more spacious environment for patients—and the chance to image areas that high-field MRI can’t.

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Press Release

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Opens New Cardiac Imaging Suite Featuring Revolutionary Low-Field MRI, a First for a Pediatric Hospital in the United States

February 5, 2025

LOS ANGELES (February 5, 2024) — Children's Hospital Los Angeles has opened its new Cardiac Imaging Suite, a 6,650 square foot facility that will improve access, service, and quality of care for

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Care Innovation

Technology Streamlines Bedside Piccolo PDA Closure for Premature Babies

February 3, 2025

A special mini C-arm machine at CHLA is making bedside Piccolo PDA closures even safer for fragile babies.

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