The Children’s Heart Center is a pioneer in the treatment of end-stage heart failure in children, and offers the only heart transplant program in the state. For over two decades, the Children’s Heart Transplant Program has made this lifesaving surgery an option for patients who no longer respond to medical treatment. Our multidisciplinary team of transplant specialists includes surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, psychologists, advanced nurse practitioners, and social workers delivering comprehensive patient care with the highest survival rate in the Southeast. - A recommendation for heart transplant surgery is made after all of the most advanced medical options have been fully explored:
- Proven and new agents for heart failure in children, such as milrinone, carvedilol and nesiritide
- Comprehensive screening, diagnosis and management of all forms of heart muscle failure or cardiomyopathies
- Pulmonary vasodilator therapy for pulmonary hypertension, including new agents such as bosentan (Tracleer) and sildenafil (Viagra)
- Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization
- Aggressive anti-inflammatory treatment for myocarditis, including immunoglobulin therapy
Our expertise in the surgical management of heart failure includes:
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