Posts Tagged: pediatric cardiology
December 8, 2025
Research & Innovation: Innovative Use of Coronary GuideLiner Enables Complex PDA Stent Reintervention at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
A recent case series from Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego highlights a novel approach to reintervention in neonates with previously placed PDA stents—an area traditionally fraught with anatomical and technical challenges. Published in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (JSCAI), the article—“Innovative Use of Coronary GuideLiner to Facilitate Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stent…
Research and Innovation
cardiology, innovation, journal, pediatric cardiology, pediatric research, Rady Children's research, research
June 6, 2024
Hopeful at Heart
A first-time mom puts her baby girl’s heart in the hands of Rady Children’s CTICU. Ana Castaneda was 24 weeks into her first pregnancy when a routine sonogram turned her world upside down. “I was happy, healthy and hopeful, but this news was a complete whirlwind,” Ana recalls. “At the time, I had no suspicion…
Heart Institute
cardio, cardiology, heart, heart institute, pediatric cardiology
February 24, 2023
A Heart to Hold – Parker’s Story
Can you imagine holding your own heart in your hands? That’s just what 15-year-old Parker Mayorgas did after receiving a life-saving heart transplant. But his story didn’t begin there. At 2 years old, Parker’s mother, Melissa, noticed something amiss. Parker wasn’t meeting his developmental milestones like his older brother, and his balance seemed off. Eventually,…
Heart Institute
cardio, cardiology, cardiovascular health, cardiovascular surgery, child life, heart, heart transplant, patient story, pediatric cardiology, transplant
July 26, 2022
Doubly Blessed
A young life saved by the gift of a dual organ transplant In July 2021, Nehemiah “Nemo” Maldonado was a healthy, active 12-year-old playing with friends and family in his home state of Arizona. Weeks later, he was fighting for his life, facing an illness that came on suddenly and progressed rapidly. Within months, he…
Heart Institute
cardio, cardiology, cardiovascular, cardiovascular surgery, heart, heart transplant, pediatric cardiology
May 10, 2022
Hopeful and Grateful: One Family Living with Pediatric Heart Disease
Jaylie Sawyer is a bright and joyful 7-year-old who loves animals, enjoys math and is proving to be a natural on skis. She also is living with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), a rare condition in which the veins that carry blood from the lungs back to the heart continually narrow and scar. The cause of…
Heart Institute
cardiology, dickinson image-guided intervention center, heart, heart institute, pediatric cardiology
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