Pediatric Heart Surgery

Many babies born with complex congenital heart defects need intervention shortly after birth. And that often means heart surgery.

Surgery includes:

• Complex single ventricle repairs like the Norwood operation (Norwood-Sano) for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• Pacemakers and defibrillators for babies with heart block
• Pediatric cardiac transplant

Congenital heart surgery on babies at UVA is performed in a particular operating room, where the goal is teamwork.

Because babies are so different from adults, they require a set group of experienced medical professionals who know how to treat pediatric heart conditions, and that's what we provide at UVA.

Conditions our surgeons treat:

• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
• Tetralogy of fallot
• Single ventricle anomalies
• Pulmonary atresia
• Aortic valve disease
• Coronary artery anomalies
• Atrial septal defects (ASD)
  
• Infant Heart Transplant
  
• Atrioventricular septal defect (AV canals)
• Double outlet right ventricle
• Transposition of the great arteries
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Ebstein's anomaly
• Mitral valve repair

Our program also offers at-home monitoring for babies with complex single ventricle defects. This is part of a national quality initiative to help improve the survival of patients.