After a heart transplant, your child will need a variety of medications, including immunosuppressants, drugs to prevent infection, and drugs to lower blood pressure.
A heart transplant is surgery that replaces a heart that is not working properly with a healthy donor heart. Learn about heart transplants for children.
Your health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions or stem cell transplants to treat your sickle cell disease. Learn about both treatments, including their benefits and risks.
Your child's health-care team may offer stem cell transplants to treat your child's sickle cell disease. Learn about the treatment, including its benefits and risks.
Information about different heart conditions, including congenital heart conditions such as atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Also discussed are arrhythmias, blue spells and congestive heart failure.
Learn about the members of your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT) medical and surgical teams.
Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.
Learn about blood and marrow transplants (BMT), the reasons for BMT, how the marrow and immune system work, and the BMT health-care team.
Learn about medication for children with heart conditions. A doctor will prescribe a drug when it's clear that medication will improve a child's condition.
Learn about the medical tests your child takes before a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
A variety of different medications are used in treating heart conditions. Read about the different classes of medication that may be used.
A respiratory therapist (RT) is a health professional specially trained to help patients with breathing disorders. An RT will help care for your child after heart surgery.
Managing and treating sickle cell disease may involve different types of treatments and medications. Learn what these are and why it is important to talk to your health-care team about all your treatments and medications.
Learn about different types and possible signs and symptoms of heart conditions in children.
Read about the reasons you might need a liver transplant and how a liver transplant can affect your future.
Learn more about common complications after a heart transplant.
Managing and treating sickle cell disease may involve different types of treatments and medications. Learn what these are and why it is important to talk to the health-care team about all your child's treatment and medications.
Learn about the various health specialties and medications that have established pharmacogenetic (PGx) guidelines to help inform medication prescribing and treatment decisions for your child.
Learn about dilated cardiomyopathy, a stretching of the heart muscle that usually results in the heart being unable to pump effectively.
Learn about different kinds of tachycardia (fast heart rate) and how tachycardia is treated.
Learn about cardiology treatment teams, which focus on treating children with heart conditions. The specific role of each team member is discussed.
Read about the reasons you might need a kidney transplant and how a kidney transplant can affect your future.
Heart catheterization is a test that is done to see how well blood is moving through the heart. Read how to prepare your child for heart catheterization.
