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Here's The New Champ : Dr. Shirali Announces App For Infants With Heart Defects, Children's Mercy Hospital
Here's The New Champ : Dr. Shirali Announces App For Infants With Heart Defects, Children's Mercy Hospital
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News articles about the Cardiac High-Acuity Monitoring Program developed under Dr. Gigish Shirali's leadership which reduces mortality among children with single ventricle heart defects. This CHAMP app has since been used by other children's hospitals with continued success.
Heart Of The Matter, Children's Mercy Hospital
Heart Of The Matter, Children's Mercy Hospital
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The Ward Family Heart Center at Children’s Mercy has received approval to begin performing pediatric heart transplants, making it the first healthcare facility in the Kansas City region to offer the life-saving procedure to pediatric patients.
Leading the Children’s Mercy heart transplant team are two nationally recognized experts:
James D. St. Louis, MD, is a board-certified thoracic and cardiac surgeon with more than 15 years of pediatric experience. Dr. St. Louis previously was the Director of Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation at the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital.
Aliessa P. Barnes, MD, is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist specializing in pediatric heart …