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Each year, 600 babies are born with a congenital heart defect. That’s 1 in 100 births in our state. On average, more than 40 newborns die from heart defects annually.
Home to the Gulf South’s first pediatric heart transplant, Ochsner Hospital for Children boasts a state-of-the-art Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), the only one of its kind in the state. The CVICU opened in 2016 and delivers critical cardiac services to the region’s sickest patients.
Click here to see how our team of specialized doctors, nurses and therapists are working every day to save and change lives.