PCH’s heart program helps 8-year-old competitive dancer

Phoenix Children’s Center for Heart Care is the largest provider of pediatric heart services in the Southwest, offering comprehensive pediatric cardiovascular services.

One success story is that of 8-year-old Quinn Walker, a competitive dancer living with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a rare congenital condition in which the left side of the heart does not fully develop.

Quinn was transferred to Phoenix Children’s Hospital at just two days old. She underwent her first open-heart surgery at six days old, followed by two surgeries at four months and again at age three.

Before Quinn was born, her parents were told she would likely never dance or participate in sports. Today, she is a thriving competitive dancer who spends most of her time at the ballet studio.

Andrew Papez, MD, Pediatric cardiologist at Phoenix Children’s, joined “Arizona Horizon” to share more on Quinn’s success story.