Advocate Children's Hospital has strong pediatric cardiology programs that are focused on the latest care of children and young adults with congenital and acquired heart disease. Both sites have been involved in clinical trials and The Heart and Vascular Institute at Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn has been a center for research related to new cardiac devices for children, cardiac pathology and molecular biology, and advances in cardiac echo imaging.

Click below to view the current pediatric cardiology studies:

• A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of a Device for Closure of Atrial Septal Defects
• Closure of Atrial Septal Defects with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder
• Closure of Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD) with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder
• Data Registry for the Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium (CCISC)
• Echocardiographic Analysis of Ventricular Function in Pediatric Heart Disease
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricle Systolic Function in Congenital  Heart Disease
• Eliminating Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infections in the Pediatric ICU
• Evaluation of Contegra® Valved Conduit
• Evaluation of a Device in Children with Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
• Evaluation of Medtronic Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve
• Evaluating the Treatment and Outcomes of Children with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
• Three Dimensional Echocardiography in Young Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

View Recent Cardiology Publications from Advocate Children's Hospital

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Related links:

• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute (NHLBI)
• Congenital Heart Information Network
• Congenital Heart Defects
• The Children's Heart Foundation
• PediHeart