A Family Expands After Heart Warrior’s Diagnosis
Cassie says that when you give birth to a heart kid, you become members of a whole new family, and it’s big – the family of heart warriors. That’s what happened to her 10 years ago when she turned up…
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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…
Benjamin Doesn’t Let Living with Half a Heart Stop Him from Living
When Renee and Jonathan found at 20 weeks pregnant that there was something wrong with their baby’s heart, they knew the pregnancy and the life of their third child was going to be very different. That was when he was…
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…
The Care at Children’s is a Homerun for Reece’s Family
How do you break it to an active, healthy 7-year-old that he needs open heart surgery? And how do you tell him that his beloved baseball season will be cut short because of it? This was the dilemma facing Lauren…
Physicians with Heart: Dr. Sanghee Ro
Although Sanghee Ro, MD, joined Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology at an unusual time – it was in the thick of COVID-19 – she was eager to put her extensive training into practice in the up-and-coming field of fetal cardiology.…
ECHOs and EKGs Reveal Important 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;…
Pediatric Cardiologist Answers Your Questions About Cardiomyopathy
Robert Whitehill, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology (formerly Sibley Heart Center Cardiology), answers some common questions about cardiomyopathy, a rare but dangerous disease of the heart muscle that affects approximately one out of 100,000 children…