When children suffer from heart failure and all medical options are exhausted, sometimes the next option is to use mechanical support to keep their heart going. The machine that supports this is called a Ventricular Assist Device, commonly known as a VAD.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the home to the #1 ranked pediatric Heart Center in Illinois and offers one of the highest-volume pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) programs in the world. We hear from the leaders of that program at Lurie Children’s.
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Keeping the Smallest Failing Hearts Going
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Michael C. Mongé, MD is the Surgical Director, Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Anna Joong, MD | Michael Mongé, MD
Anna G. Joong, MD is a Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.Learn more about Anna G. Joong, MD
Michael C. Mongé, MD is the Surgical Director, Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac Surgery), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Learn more about Michael C. Mongé, MD