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Clinical Services (Cardiovascular Program):
Innovative Treatments
In 1938 at Children's Hospital Boston, Robert Gross, MD, performed the first-ever repair of a congenital heart defect in a child. More than 65 years later, Children's is still a world leader in cardiac innovations.

Most notably, in 2001 doctors at Children's successfully repaired a potentially fatal heart defect in a fetus while it was still in the mother's womb. It marked the first time in the world that a congenital heart defect was prevented through fetal surgery.

Read more about our new research and innovative treatments.

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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Pediatric Heart Network awards grant
Children's awarded $20 million to fight pediatric heart disease and improve outcomes of patients with tetralogy of Fallot heart defect.
FDA approves device for children
Children's leads world's first trial of "Cutting Balloon" to treat rare pediatric heart condition.
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