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Research & Innovation
It starts with a Q:
For the latest cutting-edge research, innovative collaborations and remarkable discoveries in child health, read stories from across all our areas of study in Q: Advances and Answers in Pediatric Health.
Heart Institute Patient Stories
We are one of the largest programs in the country treating patients with heart problems from before birth through adulthood, with exceptional outcomes.
No two kids — or their hearts — are the same. They have unique medical needs that require specialized care and lead them on life-changing journeys. Read about some of those journeys below.
Meet the families we've helped
Zeke and Zane: Overcoming Long Odds with Expert Fetal Cardiology Care
The odds that Zeke and Zane would have the same heart condition are long. They needed an amazing care team to overcome those odds, and they got just that.
Willow: Finding Hope and a Perfect Heart
When other hospitals didn’t align with a family’s expectations, they found one heart transplant program that would go the extra mile, in the mile-high city.
Cecelia: Expert Care for Fetal Heart Block Before and After Birth
A fetal heart block diagnosis before birth changed everything for Cecelia’s family, from their perspective to where they live. See how our fetal cardiology experts helped.
Klay and Kai: How Mono-Mono Twins Overcame Incredible Hurdles
Mono-mono twins Klay and Kai faced several health issues before they were born, but you would never know it if you saw them now.
Viola: Treating Fetal Heart Block
When Amy Witt learned her unborn baby had heart block, she came to the Colorado Fetal Care Center. See how IVIG therapy helped baby Viola and her family.
Harlowe: Caring for a Rare Cardiac Condition, Before and After Birth
Mariel had an autoimmune condition called Sjogren's syndrome. This condition caused her baby girl, still in utero, to begin having problems. Mariel's daughter's heartbeat dropped to half its previous rate and caused a scare. After birth, the baby was given a pacemaker and is now thriving.
Channing Joy: Treating a Congenital Heart Defect
Cari McCoy tells her baby's story of supraventricular tachycardia (or SVT), a congenital heart defect in which the heart muscles are working overtime and, often, uncontrollably.
Robert: A Different Perspective on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Amanda heard rumors about low survival rates for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Here, doctors gave her son a 90% chance of survival.
Maya and Maleia: Twins Battle TTTS and CHD
These twins, who first survived twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), continued to struggle before their birth. One of the twins was found to have congenital heart disease. After much difficulty, both girls are thriving.
Juniper: Children's Hospital Colorado's Youngest Ever Recipient of the Berlin Heart
Shortly after her birth, Juniper was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that was weakening and enlarging the two lower chambers of her heart. She was fitted with the Berlin Heart at Children's Colorado and was the youngest recipient of this device.
