Erica Thayer   |   November 22, 2019

What is it?  The Fontan procedure is most often performed on single ventricle heart defects. It is the third step in the three step Fontan series. It is normally done …

Erica Thayer   |   July 15, 2019

Creators of the BT Shunt  The BT shunt stands for the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, often referred solely as the Blalock-Taussig shunt. It is named after those who helped create it — …

Erica Thayer   |   June 17, 2019

Episode I: Something Wrong When Dylan Van Dyke was born, doctors told his mother something was wrong with his heart. He was born with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis (PVS) a critical …