Heart health at McLane Children’s
Imagine the anxiety, stress and expense of being several hours away from home, family and work as your child undergoes a major heart surgery. At McLane Children’s, our goal is to keep families together and ease their stress during a profound healthcare experience by growing the services we offer right here in Central Texas.
Adding cardiovascular surgery
McLane Children’s has a robust cardiology program, diagnosing and treating pediatric heart conditions caused by disease, genetic condition or virus. However, children requiring heart surgery or heart transplant must be referred outside our system, commonly to larger cities like Houston or Dallas.
Despite excellent cardiology care, more than 120 children are referred outside our system for heart surgery or transplant each year.
On top of the anxiety of facing a serious heart condition, these patients and their families often spend months in the hospital for treatment, incurring the additional expenses and stress that come with being a long way from home.
With your help, McLane Children’s is developing a pediatric cardiovascular surgery program to help ease this burden.
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