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Baby John is the first patient at Nicklaus Children's Hospital and one of a few in the nation to receive the 'REV' procedure for a congenital heart defect.
The Heart Institute: Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery
Giving Young Hearts Another Chance to Beat
The Heart Institute – a world leader in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery and the care of children with congenital heart disorders – serves as a beacon to families confronting the reality of a child or newborn with a heart defect.
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Congenital heart disorders occur in approximately eight out of every 1,000 newborns. These disorders can range from mild to severe, with two to three babies in 1,000 displaying signs of a heart defect requiring medical intervention.
Our pediatric heart programs and clinics offer the most innovative, least invasive approaches in pediatric cardiology, interventional cardiology, and cardiovascular surgery to the treatment of congenital heart disease, including many first-in-the-world procedures that were pioneered right here by the Heart Institute's own internationally renowned team.
Highlights of the Heart Institute:
Cardiovascular Surgery
- First in Florida to perform a Partial Heart Transplant and leading the first CHSS-based national registry in pediatric cardiac surgery. This registry is focused on understanding partial heart transplants nationwide.
- One of few in the nation to utilize the Ozaki method to repair the aortic valve in children
- One of only a few centers nationwide and the only pediatric hospital in Florida offering Axillary (armpit) open-heart surgery. This approach delivers the same heart repair with less pain, faster recovery, and minimal visible scarring.
- First staged heart septation in Florida
- First in Florida and one of few in the world to offer robotic open-heart surgery, avoiding scarring on the chest
- One of few in the world to offer Kawashima procedures with preparation for transcatheter Fontan, avoiding an open-heart surgery
- Nicklaus Children’s is among the few centers in the nation offering the REV operation, in which the cardiac surgical team corrects transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis by rerouting blood flow and reconstructing the heart’s anatomy.
Interventional Cardiology
- First in Florida to offer a traveling bedside PDA closure program
- First in Florida to use Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality for procedural planning and guidance for congenital heart disease (CHD) patients - 4th hospital in the U.S. to use in congenital cardiac interventions
- First in Florida to use percutaneous ECMO for a patient with congenital heart disease– 3rd in the U.S.
- The third program in the world and first in Florida to successfully redirect Fontan circulation percutaneously
- First in Florida to use pulmonary flow restrictors (PFR) in PDA stents
A Team Approach to Care Makes a Difference
Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute is committed to driving excellence in patient care, pioneering research, and community outreach. Their leadership marks an exciting new chapter for the region's children as we continue to lead the way in transforming cardiovascular care.
As the largest and most experienced pediatric cardiac service in South Florida, The Heart Institute is comprised of:
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgeons
- Pediatric Cardiologists
- Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologists
- Cardiac Intensivists
- Advanced Practice Providers
- Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging Physicians
- Electrophysiologists
Comprehensive Programs and Services
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
- Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)
- Cardio-Oncology Clinic
- Cardiometabolic Preventive Program
- Chromosome 22q Clinic
- Global Health Initiative
- Lipid Clinic
- Neurocardiac & Development Program
- Outpatient Cardiology
- Pediatric Heart Surgery
- Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
- Prenatal Heart Program
- Project ADAM
- Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Program
Conditions We Treat
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortopulmonary Window
- Atherosclerosis
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect
- Autonomic Dysfunction
- Bacterial Endocarditis
- Barth syndrome
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac Arrhythmia
- Cardiac Tumor
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CSVT)
- Channelopathies
- Chest Pain
- Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion
- Chylothorax
- Chylous Pericardium
- CLOVES Syndrome
- Coarctation of the Aorta (COA)
- Congenital Heart Defects/Disease
- Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA)
- Conjoined twins
- Coronary Artery Fistula
- Cyanotic Heart Disease
- Dextrocardia
- Double Aortic Arch
- Double Inlet Left Ventricle
- Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
- Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Endocardial Cushion Defect
- Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy
- Heart Block
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- Hemitruncus
- Heterotaxy Syndrome (Isomerism)
- High Blood Pressure
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Inherited Rhythm Disorders
- Interruption of the Aortic Arch (IAA)
- Kawasaki Disease
- Long QT Syndrome (LQTS)
- Low Blood Pressure
- Lymphatic Malformation
- Midaortic Syndrome
- Mitral Valve Defects
- Myocarditis
- Overriding Aorta
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Regurgitation
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
- Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Septal Defects
- Shone's Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects (SVD)
- Sinus Node Dysfunction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Symptoms that might Indicate a Heart Problem
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Tricuspid Atresia
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Turner Syndrome
- Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion
- Vascular Ring
- Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Williams Syndrome
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
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Treatments and Procedures
- Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder
- Anomalous Coronary Artery Repair
- Aortic Valve Replacement
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Balloon and Stent Angioplasty
- Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Angioplasty for Coarctation of the Aorta
- Balloon Valvuloplasty
- Bidirectional Glenn Procedure
- Cardiovascular surgery
- Coarctation Repair
- Complete Atrioventricular Canal Repair
- Device Implants
- Diaphragm Plication
- Fontan Procedure
- Heart Catheterization
- Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
- Interrupted aortic arch repair
- Ligation of collateral vessels
- Loop Recorder Implantation
- Norwood Procedure
- Pacemaker and Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy (AICD)
- PAPVR Repair
- Partial Heart Transplantation
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus Ligation
- Pediatric Pacemaker Implantation
- Pericardial Window
- Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
- Pulmonary Heart Valve Replacement with the SAPIEN™
- Pulmonary Valve Replacement with the Harmony Transcatheter Valve
- Radiofrequency energy to treat heart rhythm abnormalities and disturbances.
- REV Procedure
- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction
- Ross Procedure
- Ross-Konno Procedure
- Staged Heart Septation
- Standard balloon angioplasty and cutting balloon angioplasty
- Subaortic Membrane Resection
- Tetralogy of Fallot Repair
- Thrombolysis
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return Repair
- Transcatheter and Hybrid Ventricular Septal Defect Closure
- Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Device Closure
- Transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure
- Truncus Repair
- Ventricular Pacing
Recognition and Outcomes Tell the Story
Our pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery services are ranked among the nation’s best for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery by U.S.News & World Report.
A Distinguished History of Saving Little Hearts
During the 1960s, Nicklaus Children's Hospital became the first facility in Florida to perform pediatric open-heart surgery. Over the years, the hospital has continued to build on this tradition of leadership and excellence in children's cardiology.
In 1995, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, recruited top cardiac physicians and surgeons in pediatric cardiology to oversee new services that included Florida’s first dedicated Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, a state-of-the-art Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Program, and, later, a Clinical Research Program and Electrophysiology Program.
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In 1960, we became the first facility in Florida to perform pediatric open-heart surgery100%
of public schools in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties are trained by Nicklaus Children's clinicians to respond to sudden cardiac arrest
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