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field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><img width="144" height="192" src="/sites/default/files/umbraco/media/9941491/kouretas_peter.jpg" alt="Peter Kouretas MD Phd" class="imgRightAlign" loading="lazy">CBS SF Bay Area (KPIX) reports on the first-ever pediatric heart transplant at UCSF. The surgical team was led by <span style="font-size: inherit;"><a href="/bio/peter-kouretas-md-phd" title="Peter Kouretas, M.D., Ph.D.">Peter Kouretas, M.D., Ph.D</a>., a</span><span style="font-size: inherit;">ssociate professor of surgery and surgical director</span><span style="font-size: inherit;"> of <a href="https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/clinics/heart_center/">Pediatric Heart Transplantation</a> at UCSF. </span></p> <blockquote> <p>The first-ever pediatric heart transplant at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital may have just saved a young Bay Area girl’s life.</p> <p>It’s been tough for 11-year-old Andrea to keep up with other students during gym class in Walnut Creek.</p> <p>“I would feel short of breath, I would need to take a break more often than other people would,” she says. </p> <p><span style="font-size: inherit;">Andrea has a rare form of cardiomyopathy, which is a genetic disease that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood. But thanks to a new team of doctors at UCSF, she has a new outlook and a new heart.</span><a href="/bio/peter-kouretas-md-phd" title="Peter Kouretas, M.D., Ph.D."> </a></p> <p>“For Andrea’s family to trust us to be our very first heart transplant program here, we needed to be able to do this and say we can do this,” says <a href="https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/jeffrey.gossett">Dr. Jeffrey Gossett</a> Director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Program.</p> </blockquote> <p><iframe src="https://w3.cdn.anvato.net/player/prod/v3/anvload.html?key=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%3D" width="768" height="432" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <blockquote> <p>On Monday, the hospital celebrated with Andrea’s family. They are moving to a transitional home nearby so doctors can monitor her for two weeks.</p> <p>“It’s just the beginning of the road also, it was very, very stressful,” says her father, Calin. “But we’re very happy that the outcome has been this beautiful princess you see here who is feeling good.”</p> <p>Because Andrea also has a heart rhythm problem that complicates her condition, doctors said she had a 30 percent chance of dying within one year. Now she has a 95 percent chance of survival.</p> <p>“Activity level, functionally – they’ll get back to normal and lead a good functioning life,” said Dr. Pete Kouretas, Surgical Director of the program.</p> </blockquote> <p class="bulletArrow"><a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/07/16/bay-area-girl-undergoes-first-ever-pediatric-heart-transplant-at-ucsf/">Read full story at CBS SF Bay Area (KPIX)</a></p> <p> </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Bay Area girl undergoes first-ever pediatric heart transplant at <a href="https://twitter.com/UCSFChildrens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UCSFChildrens</a> hospital. <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyKPIX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BettyKPIX</a> reports. <a href="https://t.co/hmFuGqiR34">https://t.co/hmFuGqiR34</a> <a href="https://t.co/P4xGOdVPHO">pic.twitter.com/P4xGOdVPHO</a></p> — KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KPIXtv/status/1019234705022078976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2018</a></blockquote> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Tags:</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item">Pediatric Heart Transplant</div> <div class="field__item">Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery</div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <aside id="sidebar-right" class="sidebar-second" role="complementary"> <div class="region region-sidebar-right"> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockrelated-news-block-1" id="block-views-block-related-news-block-1"> <h2>Related News</h2> <div region="sidebar_right"><div class="view view-related-news view-id-related_news view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-60d2b1c568ddf859962f3b7da0e8d65d1a4b96a6a694df26b472917ecd0b6401"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/three-new-pediatric-cardiothoracic-surgeons-join-department-surgery-faculty" hreflang="en">Three New Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeons Join Department of Surgery Faculty</a></span></div></div> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-field-image"><div class="field-content"></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/v-mohan-reddy-appointed-chief-division-pediatric-cardiothoracic-surgery-ucsf" hreflang="en">V. 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