A baby boy recently received a handmade heart after having cardiac surgery at just 48 hours old.
Echo Imaging Allows Correction of Residual Holes During Child Open Heart Surgery
Using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during heart surgery may improve outcomes for children with congenital heart disease.
Using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during heart surgery may improve outcomes for children with congenital heart disease.
‘A 48 hours old miracle baby was saved by surgeons who fitted him with a 'hand-made heart'.’
HLHS is a rare syndrome which makes babies be born without half of the heart. Even if the surgeons struggled to save him and rewire his organ, in a surgery just two days after birth, they are not very optimistic about his survival chances. His mother, Claire, 36 years old, however, is very happy and optimistic about his progress as he spent only three weeks of recovery in the hospital. She and her husband Ben stated: “It’s been absolutely amazing. We’ve loved every second and you would never know there was anything wrong with unless you the scar down his chest. I take pictures every day and am focusing on building memories, we don’t think about tomorrow. I’m getting no sleep but I just don’t care because I never thought we’d have him.”
Vinnie, now seven weeks, recovered so well that he was able to go home to Moseley with parents Claire and Ben to enjoy his first Christmas. “They made him a hand made heart,” said Claire. “Basically they rewired it. “The blood is rerouted so that all the work is done by the right side of the heart.”
Patients Benefit from Tranexamic Acid During Heart Surgery
Tranexamic acid safely reduces the risk of excessive bleeding, blood transfusions and emergency reoperation after heart surgery without increased risk of death.
Tranexamic acid safely reduces the risk of excessive bleeding, blood transfusions and emergency reoperation after heart surgery without increased risk of death.
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Bacteria Scare for Open Heart Surgery Patients in Queensland
Approximately 20,000 public and 15,000 private patients who have undergone open-heart surgery in Queensland in the last five years might be at risk.
Approximately 20,000 public and 15,000 private patients who have undergone open-heart surgery in Queensland in the last five years might be at risk.
Improving Health Care Delivery for Heart Surgery Patients
The National Science Foundation has provided $299,954 in funding for research focused on improving health care delivery to patients who had cardiac surgery.
The National Science Foundation has provided $299,954 in funding for research focused on improving health care delivery to patients who had cardiac surgery.
