Articles tagged with 'heart defect' | Checkup Newsroom

Every year, approximately 2,000 seemingly healthy people under the age of 25 die from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), a tragic statistic that Cook Children's Health Care System is working to change.In recognition of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest …

Brighton Weeks needed surgery when he was just 2 weeks old to repair his rare and complex heart defects.For follow-up care, his family chose pediatric cardiologist Danielle Moyé, M.D. at Cook Children’s Heart Center in Prosper, close to their home …

My name is Mia and I’m a pre-medical student at TCU. During my freshman year I volunteered at Cook Children’s for a heart screening for high school athletes. I spent the day doing echocardiograms and teaching parents CPR. We made a …