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We're chatting with Kristen Ferguson about her son's complex heart defect, the importance of having a fetal echocardiogram and her experience with the Arkansas Children's Heart Center.
Every day at Arkansas Children’s Heart Institute, we strive for excellence, and our outcomes prove it. Under the direction of nationally renowned pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Brian Reemtsen, the Heart Institute achieved a remarkable 100% surgical survival rate last year, including transplants.
Every day at Arkansas Children’s Heart Institute, we strive for excellence, and our outcomes prove it. Our pediatric specialists combine world-class expertise with state-of-the-art technology to care for our most important patient: your child.
Congenital heart defects are the most common of all birth defects, occurring at a rate of approximately eight cases per 1,000 live births.
Fetal conditions, including cardiac arrhythmias, fetal hydrops, abnormal karyotype and other abnormalities, may warrant a fetal echocardiogram test at Arkansas Children's.