A Growing Need for Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgery Heart disease has long been the leading cause of death in the United States. More than two thousand people die each year due to heart disease, averaging to a death every 44 seconds.
We all know that the heart is a vital organ in the body. Without optimal operation, the heart can trigger a laundry list of symptoms and problems throughout other organ systems of the body. We simply cannot live without a heart, and a heart that's not functioning properly won't provide the same quality of life as a normal heart. That's why pediatric cardiac surgery takes place so frequently, to correct heart defects and abnormalities that would limit the life of children and adults.
















