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The Maurice Lev Congenital Heart and Conduction System Center

 

The Center is dedicated to the study of anatomic pathology and histology of the heart including the conduction system that will be useful to the cardiology community at large.  Our collection of more than 9200 congenitally malformed hearts is a national resource that may be beneficial to cardiac surgeons and cardiologists in their practice.

Dr. Bharati is considered as one of the world authorities in pathology of congenital heart disease and the conduction system of the heart.  She has authored or co-authored more than 400 publications on the above subjects in peer reviewed journals including the following 3 original books:

Bharati S, Lev M: The Pathology of Congenital Heart Disease.  A Personal Experience With More Than 6,300 Congenitally Malformed Hearts.  Published by Futura Publishing Company, Armonk, NY, Volumes I and II, pp 1-1608, March 1996.

Bharati S, Lev M, Kirklin JW:  Cardiac Surgery and the Conduction System.  Second Revised Edition.  Published by Futura Publishing Co., Inc., Mount Kisco, New York, pp 1-176, 1992.

Bharati S and Lev M:  The Cardiac Conduction System in Unexplained Sudden Death.  Published by Futura Publishing Co., Mt. Kisco, New York, pp 1-416, October 1990.

The Center provides :

·         Detailed consultations for cardiac pathology to the national and world wide community

·         Education to all interested students of congenital heart disease

·         Research programs to provide new knowledge in the field of congenital heart disease

·         Research in the field of the cardiac conduction system (arrhythmias) by means of serial section examination, including sudden death in the young, the healthy and asymptomatic individual

·         Research opportunities are available to all those interested in the above areas.

We welcome residents, fellows, attending physicians in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, pathologists and forensic medical examiners to spend 1 to 4 weeks in the Center to study hearts in our collection and to participate in the clinical conferences at The Heart Institute for Children as well as to accompany Dr. Bharati to conferences given at the various University Hospitals in Metropolitan Chicago.