Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology

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The country’s eyes were on Damar Hamlin on January 2, 2023, when the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed on the football field after suffering cardiac arrest in front of a shocked stadium and live TV audience. Hamlin was immediately given CPR before being rushed to the hospital. After nine days, Hamlin was discharged and continues to recover at home. Since then, many other incidents have been reported in athletes on the national stage and in young people in our communities. Children’s pediatric cardiologist and Medical Director of Project S.A.V.E. Robert Whitehill, MD, agreed to answer some of the most common questions he and his colleagues receive at Children's Cardiology. Read more: https://bit.ly/3XFjZVZ

AEDs can save lives in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest. ❤️ Is your child's school equipped with an AED? As kids start a new school year, now's the time to ask an administrator where it is and if anyone knows how to use it. If you find yourself in a situation when you need to use an AED, know that they’re easy to use and give you step-by-step instructions on how to use them. Visit https://bit.ly/46QWEqk for more info.

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Sometimes blood vessels can be too large, too small or twisted. Many of the conditions treated in the Aorta and Vascular Program are heritable, meaning that they can be passed on from parent to child. The program includes two certified genetic counselors who can determine if screening of parents or siblings is warranted and can facilitate genetic testing if needed. The Aorta and Vascular Program follows children and young adults up to age 21 with blood vessel diseases. Learn more: https://bit.ly/32KScfY

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Congratulations to our Lawrenceville clinic for winning the second quarter TEAM Award! Winners are selected based on feedback we receive from our patient families. Our Lawrenceville clinic is open Monday to Friday to provide specialized, high-quality care to children with congenital or acquired heart defects. Thank you for providing our patient families with excellent service! ❤️

Lucy is named after the fictional character Lucy Pevensie in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. In the books, Lucy represents innocence and childlike faith, which is the reason she finds the magical land of Narnia. Lucy’s mom Heather says her daughter’s name is very fitting. When Heather and Ben found out about the surprise pregnancy of their third child, Heather had just started phasing out of her corporate job to launch a children’s clothing store in Monroe. They discovered their baby had multiple holes in her heart, and Lucy was diagnosed with complete balanced atrioventricular canal (AVC) defect in Heather's third trimester. Their entire focus became getting Lucy to gain weight so that she could have corrective surgery, and it was a huge challenge. Too sick and tired to eat well, Lucy began losing weight. When she was admitted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston two months later, she was under her birth weight and in critical condition. Dr. Paul Chai performed the lifesaving surgery on Lucy, and Heather says they were given a new child. As she recovered from surgery and prepared to move to the cardiac acute care unit (CACU), Heather said Lucy laughed out loud. A rare occurrence in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), Lucy’s laugh brought joy to not only her parents but to the staff on the floor. Heather says Lucy has a sweet disposition paired with a daredevil spirit that had her running straight into the waves when she saw the ocean for the first time this summer. In honor of Heart Month in February, Heather offered discounts in her Cottontails clothing store for donations to Kids at Heart. Lucy sees Dr. Brandon Harden at the Athens clinic.

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Robert Whitehill, MD, Kevin Maher, MD, and Asaad Beshish, MD, participated in a study that found that early recovery of atrioventricular node was associated with greater weight at the time of surgery, single-ventricle physiology, and shorter cardiopulmonary bypass time. To learn more about this study, click the link below: https://bit.ly/3WN7zy8 Madani R, Aronoff E, Posey J, Basu M, Zinyandu T, Chai P, Whitehill R, Maher KO, Beshish AG. Incidence and recovery of post-surgical heart block in children following cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young. 2023 Jul;33(7):1150-1156. doi: 10.1017/S1047951122002025. Epub 2022 Jul 29. PMID: 35903026.