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Heart to Heart with Anna

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A radio show for the congenital heart defect (CHD) community to let them know that there is hope! We discuss issues of importance to to enrich, empower and educate the CHD community.

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Marco Gaddi lives in Venaria Reale, a small historical city near Turin, Italy.?He earned a degree in Medicine in Turin and has practiced Family Medicine since the fall of 1987. On the same day he got his job as a family physician he began... more

Penny Green, the Director of Down's Heart Group, is our Guest for this show. She has played a pivotal role in the development of resources and materials for people with Down syndrome who have a heart defect. Penny has also done a huge... more

In 1987 there was no hospital in Pakistan treating children born with severe congenital heart defects. Today's Guest, Nauman Shahid, was born at a time when many children similarly afflicted passed away due to a lack of proper... more

Debbie Gilmore is the mother of both and angel and a rainbow baby. An American living abroad, Debbie delivered what she thought was a perfectly healthy baby. Tune in to hear Debbie share her journey with us of finding out her baby had a... more

Peter Mbogo Kamau, THAP's Executive Director, founded THAP in the mid-1990s following the death of a close relative from rheumatic heart disease. Mr. Kamau and his relative traveled to India for her surgery due to the limited facilities and... more

What happens when you're told your baby's only hope for survival is a heart transplant and that even with that there were no guarantees? When parents rely on faith, instead of on medical "facts," can they possibly be granted a... more

Since more babies born with congenital heart defects are surviving to adulthood than ever before, more families are affected by the possibility of getting pregnant or having a family. What options are available to women born with congenital... more

Two adult women born with complex congenital heart defects share stories about what it was like to grow up and find love in an uncertain world. As a bonus, one of the husbands will be on the show, too! Many parents of children with... more

Children who are born with complex congenital heart defects and require open-heart surgery in the first year of life are more at risk for having brain injuries which will result in problems learning speech, language and academic... more

What happens when you are pregnant and go in for a routine ultrasound only to discover your baby has a heart defect? How do you handle the news? What options are you given? Even though congenital heart defects are the number... more

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