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This new episode of Heart to Heart with Anna featured Guest, Dr. Fred Wu from Boston Children's Hospital and he interacts with a live, studio audience to answer their questions regarding coronary artery disease in adults born with congenital heart defects. Tune in to hear why this situation is being talked about now more than ever before, what you can do to prevent or reduce the likelihood of contracting coronary artery disease and what congenital heart defects are most prone to having problems with coronary artery disease.

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Dr. Robert Pass is the Chief of Pediatric Cardiology and the co-director of the Pediatric Heart Center at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in NYC. He is also the director of pediatric electrophysiology at the same institution. His career goals are to develop and perform cardiac procedures to help the cardiac health of children and adults with congenital heart disease.

He has started a Pediatric Cardiology Podcast that reviews some of the latest literature in the field of pediatric cardiovascular medicine and he also interviews thought leaders in the field. The program, ‘Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today,’ is available on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Today he talks with Anna about how he entered the field of pediatric cardiology, what he does as a pediatric cardiologist and how he came to add “podcaster” to his resume.

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Dr. Ami Bhatt is the featured Guest on this episode of Heart to Heart with Anna.  Dr. Ami Bhatt is an active clinical cardiologist, clinical investigator, and educator. She has developed a robust multidisciplinary curriculum at Mass General to provide requisite ACHD education to cardiovascular fellows. Dr. Bhatt is dedicated to patient advocacy groups including the AHA and Adult Congenital Heart Association and empowering individuals with CHD to lead full and productive lives.

In this episode, Anna talks with Dr. Bhatt about becoming an adult congenital cardiologist specializing in the care of adults with CHDs, why she developed a telemedicine program for her patients and where she believes the future of medicine is headed. You won't want to miss this show which discusses an up-and-coming trend to prevent Heart Warriors from being lost to follow-up care.

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In this episode of Heart to Heart with Anna, Dr. Liza Morton rejoins Anna to talk more about polyvagal theory, how feeling safe is important to those born with congenital heart defect, especially when they are in vulnerable conditions (such as when they're facing hospitalizations or experimental procedures) and how understanding the embodiment of their experiences can be both empowering and healthy. She also addresses how Heart Warriors may come to experience at least one kind of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She even relates how older Heart Warriors may have experienced attachment problems due to common medical practices in the 1950s, 1960s and even 1970s or 1980s. To find out what kind of PTSD circumstances are common for those born with congenital heart defects and what they can do about it, tune in to this episode of Heart to Heart with Anna.

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Dr. Liza Morton, a Heart Warrior, is also a psychologist who really understands what it means to live with chronic illness. In this episode, she talks with Anna about a new theory that she feels will revolutionize people's understanding of living with chronic illness, her personal experiences from having open-heart surgery and having medical devices implanted and how those life experiences led to her choice of a career.

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This week's featured episode discusses a very important topic -- transitioning our Heart Warriors from dependents to advocates -- and it doesn't happen overnight. Lisa Rodebaugh does an excellent job of sharing how she raised Andrew Rodebaugh so that he could become his own best advocate but this show is about so much more than that! Tune in to hear how Andrew Rodebaugh is not only an advocate for himself but also an inventor working to make life better for people everywhere with his creative and practical app. You won't want to miss this fast-paced show from Philadelphia, PA at the Podcast Movement!

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Skylar Griggs is a licensed registered dietitian and nutrition counselor specializing in a variety of nutrition-related conditions. She has experience working in pediatric and family nutrition as well as pre/post-natal nutrition, eating disorders, weight management, cardiac risk factors including hypertension, high cholesterol and obesity, diabetes, and overall wellness. Skylar is the lead dietitian for the preventive cardiology division at Children’s Hospital Boston, the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. 

In this episode, Skylar talks with Anna about the special dietary concerns of members of the congenital heart defect community. She shares with Anna why she is passionate about nutrition and being a dietician and she explains how taking care of ourselves by eating healthy food doesn't have to be that hard.

In addition to talking with Anna, Skylar spends the last segment of the show answering questions from a live, studio audience. The audience features members from around the world! You won't want to miss this very special episode!

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Roseann Franco returns to "Heart to Heart with Anna" for another episode to talk about the lessons she has learned over the last five decades raising a son with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (also known as L-TGA). She shares with Anna what she did to try to make life as normal as possible for David and some of the ways she knew that David felt anything but normal. In this candid interview, you'll see how even though love cannot cure a congenital heart defect, it can go a long way toward helping a person live a meaningful life of faith.

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Roseann Franco is the mother of a Heart Warrior in his 50s. He was born when the field of pediatric cardiology was in its infancy. Tune in to hear Rosanne share stories with Anna about what it was like raising a Heart Warrior while working and going to school, not to mention raising four other children. Roseann shares her family history of congenital heart disease and the remarkable events surrounding David's birth.

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This episode of Heart to Heart with Anna features Executive Director of Championship Hearts Foundation Michelle Garcia and Board Member, Lisa Kattawar. Tune in to hear these ladies explain why they decided to join this nonprofit organization, what the organization's mission is and how you can attend the Heartbeats and Heroes 2019 Gala!

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