This #BlackHistoryMonth, we're sharing some figures who've made a historic impact on the #CHD community. This article by Dr. Ansong highlights Dr. Isabel-Jones, the first board-certified African-American female pediatric cardiologist: bit.ly/3B2CDNp #CHDAwareness

Thank you to all off our #CHD clinicians who fully understand that the entire family is the subject of the disease and agent in its healing!

Excited to share our work on fetal brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes in CHD. ⁦Caitlin K. Rollins, MD SM⁩ ⁦Valerie Rofeberg⁩ ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

Happy to have stopped by Nemours Children's Health Cardiac Center yesterday with heart warrior Lacey to drop off Mayor John Carney’s and the state senate’s (thanks Sarah McBride )proclamations for #CHDAwarenessWeek - along with some snacks and refreshments for our amazing caregivers!

Interesting read - Barriers and facilitators to discussing parent mental health within child health care: Perspectives of parents raising a child with congenital heart disease journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Surgery is not always a cure for CHDs. Many individuals with CHDs require additional operations or medications. #AmericanHeartMonth #AmericanHeartAssociation #CardiacTwitter

I am thrilled to announce that our completed manuscript, Healing hearts and minds: a holistic approach to coping well with congenital heart disease (#CHD) has just been submitted to Oxford University Press. Can’t wait to celebrate one day with @DrLizaMorton in person!

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

If you're a med student or a doctor, chances are that you've definitely heard of the Tetralogy of Fallot. It is a congenital condition caused by a combination of four heart defects (Image below from Wikipedia). However, this thread is not to teach you about TOF. 🧵 1/?

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#ACHA is a proud part of the Congenital Heart Initiative—a patient-powered registry for #ACHD. Join tomorrow's #WellnessWednesday webinar to learn about the progress we're making & where we're headed: ow.ly/kjBB50IcQXH. We will post a recording. #CHDCare4Life #ACHACares

People with #CHD at higher risk from #COVID19, according to a new @american_heart study: CHD families should be aware of the continuing risk even as the pandemic subsides and consult closely with their care teams about preventive and protective measures- eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

If you’re a #CHD heart warrior, a heart family, or just a #netDE #Delaware stan, this is the t-shirt you’ve been waiting for: bonfire.com/302160/

Nemours Children's Health echo and thank-you to Nemours cardiac Center women and to all of my colleagues and peers

#breakthebias #IWD2022

Trying again with a screenshot so folks can see the request - cardiac folks spread the word

Throwback Thursday one day late: Chapter secretary @pennnursinglib’s kid Lucy, when they were Delaware’s next top cardiac model!

Nice- Sisters by Heart is soliciting essays from people with Fontan, Single-Ventricle, or Heart Transplant: mcusercontent.com/74b6b176744a72…

Did you know that CHD-related factors can affect how people with #CHD develop cognitively, socially, and emotionally? #ACHA offers resources—including a Q&A page and webinars—on neurocognitive issues in congenital heart disease. #CHDCare4Life achaheart.org/your-heart/edu…

April 21 marks a special date for #HLHS families. 40 years ago, at Boston Children's Hospital, Dr. William Norwood performed the first successful Fontan operation on a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a heart defect that was uniformly fatal at the time #HLHS #CHD #ACHD