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Heart Transplant survivor, Gracyn DenBesten, singing her tribute to Dr. Fricker

Gainesville Heart Ball Honors Jay Fricker, M.D.

The 2012 American Heart Association’s Gainesville Heart Ball honored a man who is a champion for so many, for all that he has done and continues to do at the [...]

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Massey Triplets

Growing Up

Years ago, children with congenital diseases often did not get to grow up. Now they do, and parents and doctors can focus on the challenges these children face along their [...]

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Health Science Center East Parking Garage

Free parking (really!)

UF&Shands is driving forward with an exciting initiative to improve the patient experience and increase the use of services in Gainesville by offering free parking for patients and their visitors. [...]

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Heart Transplant survivor, Gracyn DenBesten, singing her tribute to Dr. Fricker

Gainesville Heart Ball Honors Jay Fricker, M.D.

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Massey Triplets

Growing Up

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Health Science Center East Parking Garage

Free parking (really!)

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Aortic Valve Stenosis (AVS)

The American Heart Association explains the congenital heart defect aortic valve stenosis in adults and children.

Defectos Cardiacos Congenitos de los Ninos

Defectos Cardiacos Congenitos de los Ninos

Atresia tricuspide

Learn about tricuspid atresia, including treatment.

Tetralogia de Fallot (TOF)

Tetralogia de Fallot (TOF) - learn what it is, how to treat it and more

Care & Treatment for Congenital Heart DefectsSubscribe to this RSS Feed

Heart Transplant

The American Heart Association explains that a heart transplant gives a patient with congenital heart disease the opportunity to have a normal heart with normal blood circulation.

Children's Special Needs

The American Heart Association explains the medical needs of children with congenital heart defects.

Cardiac Catheterizations

The American Heart Association explains that doctors can repair some heart defects without surgically opening your chest by using a procedure called an interventional cardiac catheterization.

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Children with rare, incurable brain disease improve after gene therapy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease.

UF researchers, colleagues use dual strategy to fight Type 1 diabetes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers teamed with colleagues at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., to devise a new combination therapy that reverses established Type 1 diabetes in mice.

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