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The
Center is dedicated to the study of the pathology and histology
of the heart and its conduction system. Our collection of more than
7600 congenitally malformed hearts represents a national resource.
The Center provides :
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Detailed
consultations for cardiac pathology to the national and world
wide community
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Education to all interested students of congenital heart disease
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Research
programs to provide new knowledge in the field of congenital
heart disease
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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
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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.
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