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High Blood Pressure in Children: Not Just an Adult Problem

Blood pressure is the measurement of the force inside a person’s blood vessels as blood pushes through. High blood pressure means that the force is higher than normal levels for a person’s gender, size and weight and can lead to…

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City Call Program Links Community Hospitals and Children’s Heart Center

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology’s City Call Program was pioneered more than 25 years ago by retired pediatric cardiologist Robert Campbell, MD, and his partners to serve as a gateway between Georgia's many hospitals and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The…

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Families Choose Fetal Cardiology Program for Coordinated Care Before Birth

Our team of Fetal Cardiology specialists at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Heart Center and Cardiology are skilled in caring for the tiniest hearts before and after children are born.

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8 Ways Nutrition Can Help Prevent Heart Disease

There may be some confusion when we discuss ways to prevent heart disease through nutrition. We believe we have to eat perfectly, but what really matters is paying attention and working on adding the better choices in, so the not-so-great…

Aorta and Vascular Program Treats Kids with Rare Blood Vessel Diseases

The Aorta and Vascular Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology follows children and young adults with blood vessel diseases, which can involve vessels that are too large, too small or twisted. The program helps coordinate multidisciplinary patient care to…

Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Young Athletes: Questions and Answers

The country’s eyes were on Damar Hamlin on January 2nd when the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed on the football field after suffering cardiac arrest in front of a shocked stadium and live TV audience. Hamlin was immediately given CPR before…

Susi Hupp, MD

Dr. Susi Hupp shares an FAQ about the Children’s Heart Center experience

Susi Hupp, MD, a Cardiac Intensivist and Critical Care Medicine Physician at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Heart Center discusses below what it’s like to work at the hospital. Dr. Hupp splits her clinical time between the Cardiac Intensive Care…

Child Having ECHO

Pediatric ECHOs and EKGs Reveal Information About the Heart

Two of the tools pediatric cardiologists have when they want to gather more information about a child’s heart include the echocardiogram (ECHO) and the electrocardiogram (EKG). Both are noninvasive, painless and quick ways to learn about the heart’s structure and…

Sibley Heart Center Cardiology is Now Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology

We are pleased to announce Sibley Heart Center Cardiology will be renamed Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology in October 2022. Why is the Sibley Heart Center Cardiology name changing? This aims to further align the outpatient cardiology clinics under the…

My Child has CHD – What happens now?

So you’ve learned that your child has a congenital heart defect (CHD). Their diagnosis may feel overwhelming. You may feel like the world has gone sideways. “My first reaction was to pick my baby up and run out the door;…

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