 | Kathleen's mom, Tegwen, was 23 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound technician became concerned when she couldn't detect the lower left chamber of Kathleen's heart during a routine exam. More » |
 | When Josie was 33 weeks pregnant with her son, Josiah, she received disturbing news: a routine ultrasound indicated that her baby had a problem with his aorta that, if left untreated, could damage his heart. More » |
 | When Carmen, born with the rare heart condition Ebstein's anomaly, began to experience heart failure at age 5, her father consulted with a “who's who” of top pediatric heart specialists. None were optimistic about girl's prospects for long-term survival. More » |
 | Michael is the very picture of health. An athletic 13-year-old, he plays baseball, basketball, skis and participates in student government at his Chicago school. He has also undergone three major heart procedures — the first when he was only 2 days old. More » |
 | When Kajsa was born the week before Christmas in 2002, her parents, Paul and Kristin, rejoiced in their early holiday present. Hours later, hospital technicians detected hypoplastic left heart syndrome. More » |
 | Suellen Miller, first treated at the hospital as an infant more than 50 years ago, was born with tetralogy of Fallot. More » |
 | After a normal pregnancy and delivery without complications, the 7-lb 6-oz. Kyle was born a week early at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. Routine tests and a real-time echocardiogram performed a couple hours after Kyle's birth detected a heart murmur. More » |
 | It was Labor Day when José, then 14, went into sudden heart failure, triggered by tachycardia, or an abnormally fast heart rhythm. He was a healthy adolescent when the arrhythmia occurred, producing acute congestive heart failure. More » |
 | Before her radiofrequency catheter ablation, Lindsey's tachycardia resulted in frequent bouts of rapid heart rate, especially during strenuous activities. More » |
 | We were the first Heart Center in Illinois to use the Berlin Heart, a state-of-the-art ventricular assist device that takes over the pumping action of the heart when a patient is in a state of profound heart failure. More » |
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