A Family's Guide To
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
This website is designed to help you prepare for your
child's heart surgery. You will find general information about The Sol Goldman
Children's Heart Center as well as information to help you understand your child's heart
defect and the corrective surgery planned. Children's Hospital of New York is the
only hospital in New York City dedicated to caring for children. It has one of the
nation's most successful programs in treating complex congenital heart disease.
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Acknowledgements: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department
would like to give special thanks to Dr. Jim Wilkinson, Director of Cardiology at Royal
Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia for supplying us with all the heart
diagrams. We would also like to thank Rozelle Corda, NP, for writing/editing the
text and Dr. Connie Hayes, Cardiologist, for her advice and recommendations.
Disclaimer:
All material included in this site is intended for informational purposes only. Readers
are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources. Parents and
patients should review the information carefully with their pediatrician, family
physician, or other professional health care provider. This information is not intended,
and should not be used, to replace medical advice offered by physicians.
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, the Babies & Children's Hospital of New York,
and the Division will not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special,
exemplary, or other damages arising therefrom.
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