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fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 months ago

My son's heart was size of a walnut when he was rushed into surgery at 10 days old'

A newborn with Tetralogy of Fallot required lifesaving open-heart surgery at ten days old due to a large hole and malformed heart structures.
fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

The device is about the size of a AA battery, and it has the potential to help a baby or infant heart keep beating in the face of failure. It's called the PediaFlow, an implantable artificial heart for the littlest, most vulnerable humans. James Antaki, a biomedical engineer at Cornell University in New York, has been developing this medical device for the last two decades.
Medicine
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fromThe Mercury News
8 months ago
Medicine

Los Gatos teenager raises funds for a cause close to his heart

A 17-year-old congenital heart defect patient raised funds by performing classic rock on piano to support Stanford genetic research into congenital heart defects.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
8 months ago
Medicine

Bay Area teenager raises funds for a cause close to his heart

A 17-year-old congenital heart defect survivor raised funds for research by performing classic rock piano arrangements while interning on genetic heart defect research.
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