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The surgery was performed by a team led by pediatric and congenital heart surgeon Dr. Hani Najm. After transplant surgery, John-Henry was then discharged in July to Cleveland Clinic Children's ...
Baby hiccups could be starting, although you likely won't feel them yet. ... 25 weeks pregnant baby size (Photo Illustration/Getty Images) ... Lots of growth and change takes place after week 33 ...
A Chicago woman was just weeks away from giving birth when a nagging cough led to a shocking medical discovery.. MaKenna Lauterbach, then 26 years old, began experiencing severe coughing fits in ...
Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS) is a congenital heart defect in which the structures on the right side of the heart, particularly the right ventricle, are underdeveloped. This defect causes inadequate blood flow to the lungs , and thus a cyanotic infant.
After being put on a low-cholesterol diet, Stormie suffered a heart attack and underwent double bypass heart surgery that October. She suffered a second heart attack almost two months later, requiring a second bypass operation and an artificial mitral valve. Susie Jones was also told that her daughter had less than a year to live.
A beating heart awaiting transplant. American medical researcher Simon Flexner was one of the first people to mention the possibility of heart transplantation. In 1907, he wrote the paper "Tendencies in Pathology," in which he said that it would be possible one day by surgery to replace diseased human organs – including arteries, stomach, kidneys and heart.
After waiting 8 months to receive a new heart, 15-year-old Trevor Sullivan underwent heart transplant surgery last November. Although the surgery came with risks, Trevor's family knew he wouldn't ...
If left untreated, patients with HLHS die within the first weeks of life while 70% of those that undergo three-staged palliative surgery reach adulthood. After surgery, children with HLHS typically experience neurodevelopmental as well as motor delay and are at an increased risk of heart failure as adults. [11] [12]