Every heart has a story. See how we care for them all.

It’s easy to think of the heart as a common denominator — everyone has one — but no two hearts are alike. Every heart is different. Every heart has a story.

For many children and adults, that story includes coming to Boston Children’s for specialized heart care. Some were born with complex congenital heart defects, while others acquired a serious heart condition after birth. The clinicians at our Heart Center specialize in treating the many different parts of the heart, drawing on their experience and expertise and taking advantage of technology and other resources that they often created. They work together to give patients a new chapter to their heart stories.

Click on the (+) symbols in the illustration to see how our specialists treated the heart conditions of five patients, and read their heart stories.

 

Click on the (+) symbols on the heart to learn about our five patients’ heart conditions.

Click on the (+) symbols on the heart to learn about our five patients’ heart conditions.

Left-heart structures

The Complex Biventricular Repair Program treated Clara with a new reverse 1.5 ventricular repair. Read Clara’s story.

AV canal

Our Neonatal Cardiac Surgery team repaired Yah’ir’s AV canal defect by creating functioning valves. Read Yah’ir’s story.

Heart rhythm

The Center for Cardiovascular Genetics diagnosed Kiersten’s rare cardiomyopathy and introduced her to a monitored exercise program. Read Kiersten’s story.

Aortic valve

The Congenital Heart Valve Program treated Jack’s aortic valve stenosis with one of the first partial heart transplants. Read Jack’s story.

Ventricles

To treat Faiz’s heterotaxy, the Complex Biventricular Repair Program created two functioning ventricles. Read Faiz’s story.

There are many heart stories. Read more.

Yah’ir, Clara, Faiz, Kiersten, and Jack aren’t the only ones who sought specialized heart care. There’s also Bruce, James, Lyndsey, Ruth, and many others. Discover what they experienced at Boston Children’s.

Do you have a heart story you’d like to tell? If you or a family member is currently getting or once received heart care at Boston Children’s, consider sharing your heart milestone.