Our Mission
The Saving tiny Hearts Society’s mission is to
raise money for grossly under-funded, lifesaving grass roots research of congenital heart defects (CHD's). This seed funding acts as a bridge for this research to millions of dollars of extramural funding from the National Institute of Health (NIH) or other outside funding. CHD's are America’s #1 birth defect affecting over 40,000 babies every year!
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News
StHS applauds the recent announcement by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on their collaboration on the development of a surveillance system and registry for sudden death in children and young adults.
Funding provided by Saving tiny Hearts has been cited in publications by Peter Mohler.
Stories
My name is Haley and I am very proud to be a part of this great charity. My journey started August 29, 1994. I was born that morning a happy healthy baby but after just sixteen hours of life I turned blue in my mom’s arms. I was immediately rushed to Lutheran General Hospital, which quickly became my first home. They discovered I had a congenital heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot, which includes the narrowing of the pulmonary valve and ventricular septal defects...
