Heart Month special edition
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At Children's Minnesota, our Cardiovascular team is always focused on being your resource for pediatric heart care. February was heart month and we're excited to bring you a special edition of the Clinician Digest that focuses on our cardiovascular program, people and patients.
Our team treats far more pediatric cardiovascular patients – from fetal detection and treatment through young-adult care – than any other program in the region. Treating more patients is associated with higher-quality care and better outcomes, especially in complex cases.
Since its inception in 1977, we have performed more than 12,000+ heart surgeries.
Annually:
- 450+ heart surgeries
- 500+ patients treated by cath lab
- 11,000+ EKGs performed or interpreted
- 12,000+ echoes performed or interpreted
- 1,300+ fetal hearts scanned for heart abnormalities
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The Heart of the Matter: Cardiac Implications of COVID-19 Infection In Kids
What happens after a child recovers from a COVID-19 infection? Are kids at increased risk of cardiac complications post-infection? How and when can kids safely return to sports? Join guest host, Dr. Gabi Hester, as she interviews pediatric cardiologist Dr. Chris Carter from the Children’s Heart Clinic about these questions and more.
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Children’s Minnesota receives heart transplant certification
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Blake, above with Dr. Edens, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a complex and rare congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart is severely underdeveloped. He received his heart transplant at Children's Minnesota in 2019. Watch Blake's heart transplant story and read more on our blog.
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Clinician spotlight: Cardiovascular
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We’re excited to shine the spotlight on a few of our cardiovascular clinicians for Heart Month!
Our team of 200+ cardiovascular professionals from Children’s Minnesota and The Children’s Heart Clinic, along with many collaborating partners, have a wealth of experience and are dedicated to improving the lives of our patients.
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Neonatal Care Best Practices
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Mayo Clinic – Children’s Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative
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Mayo Clinic and Children's Minnesota have formed one of the largest and strongest pediatric cardiovascular collaborations in the country, sharing clinical talent and resources, case reviews and conferences in order to provide the highest quality pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery services. Experts in fetal cardiology, maternal and fetal medicine and neonatal critical care review cases and explore fetal interventions for complex cardiac lesions to reduce conventional neonatal surgery risks.
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Factors associated with increased risk of CHD in the fetus
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Virtual Fetal Cardiology Educational Conference
Save the date:
May 15, 2021
8 a.m.- noon CST
Drs. Snowise, Howley and Lowisz will discuss basic fetal cardiovascular indication, screening views, four-chamber and outflow tract anomalies, and collaborative cases with perinatology.
Registration opens March 2021, check back on our education and training site.
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Reminder: Children's Minnesota is accepting patients up to 25 years old
In an effort to provide support to our adult partners while they experience increased volume in medical, surgery and ICU, we're accepting patients for hospitalization up to 25 years of age (previously 21) with conditions that we routinely manage in our clinical practice.
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Virtual Grand Rounds
Every Thursday, 8 - 9 a.m.
Join us for the live, virtual event or watch recorded presentations.
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Talking Pedatrics podcast
Join us each week as we bring intriguing stories and relevant pediatric health care information that will surprise, challenge and perhaps change how you care for the most amazing people on Earth — kids!
Listen now
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COVID-19 Clinician Toolkit
Children’s Minnesota and Children’s Health Network continues efforts around the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of our patients, families and clinical teams. We are taking steps to provide the latest information and guidelines for clinicians.
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