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Miami Children’s
Hospital offers the world’s most advanced techniques for the diagnosis
and management of pediatric cardiovascular problems. Our Congenital
Heart Institute has established us as a leader in the care of pediatric
cardiology and cardiovascular patients. We offer the most up-to-date
facilities, surgical methods and technology, and our cardiovascular
program team includes some of the world’s leading specialists.
No matter what
type of cardiac care your child needs, the Congenital Heart Institute
at Miami Children's Hospital and Arnold
Palmer Hospital provides the most sophisticated technology and
procedures available anywhere. This means quicker recovery times,
shorter hospital stays, fewer hospital visits, a better outcome,
and ultimately - better health.
Pediatric
Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery Highlights
- Largest Congenital Heart Surgery Experience in Florida - 1995
to present
- Zero Mortality Rate in Pediatric Cardiac Operating Room
- Only pediatric hospital in the state of Florida to be granted
accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation
of the Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL)
- Selected as one of only 10 sites in the United States to conduct
clinical trials on CardioSEAL, a non-invasive closure device for
atrial septal defects
- Convened the world’s first symposium on minimally invasive surgery
for congenital heart disease
- World's First application of IBM multimodal voice technology
in a Medical Environment - 2005
- World's first single ventricle operation on Conjoined Twins
- 2004
- World's First fenestrated Kawashima operation - 2003
- World's First Real Time Outcomes Reporting Tool For a Medical
Team on the World Wide Web: www.pediatricheartsurgery.com - 2003
- World's First Internet Based Information Management System for
a Congenital Heart Team - 2002
- World's First Palm Application for Pediatric Heart Surgery -
2001
- World's First Rapid Airborne Cardiopulmonary Bypass Rescue
Team - 2000
- First Ross Operation in an Infant Jehovah's Witness Patient
Without Blood - 1999
- World's First Minimally Invasive Diaphragm Surgery - 1998
- Nation's First Tracheal Homograft Transplant - 1998
- World's First Endoscopic Left Ventricular Thrombectomy - 1998
- World's First Video-Assisted Surgery/Interventional
Catheterization - 1997
- World's First Fontan Operation Without Heart-Lung Bypass - 1997
- World's First Relational Congenital Heart Database Measuring
Outcomes on Every Surgery Patient - 1995 to present
For more information
or to schedule an appointment, please call 305-662-8301.
Visit Miami
Children's Hospital Department
of Cardiovascular Surgery's website.
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