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Children’s National Heart Institute: By the Numbers

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:

Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Anesthesiology
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Heart Transplant Program
Cardiac Imaging
Prenatal Cardiology Program
Heart and Kidney Unit
Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Program (CANDO)
Washington Adult Congenital Heart Program (WACH)

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.