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Children’s National Heart Institute Outcomes Data

Quality Family-Centered Care

We are dedicated to providing the best possible care to children and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease. Our large, experienced team provides high quality, personalized care to a large volume of patients each year.

The following volumes and outcomes data provides a snapshot of the quality care you can expect from the various programs within our Children’s National Heart Institute:

A Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Miracle

Ashley Vela Mercedes was born premature with medical issues including critical HLHS, which made her unlikely to survive. The Velas cardiologist reached out to our team of experts who were able to perform the lifesaving hybrid procedure.

Finding the Right Care for a Failing Heart

Claire and her twin sister Harper were born at just 31 weeks old, Claire weighed 3 lbs., 1 oz. and soon dropped under 3 lbs. Not only was she born small, but she was also born with a type of congenital heart disease called double outlet right ventricle. Can Yerebakan, M.D., associate chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery performed a palliation with banding of the lung vessels to defer a huge cardiac operation.