Catheter-delivered Valve May Help People with Heart Defects Avoid Multiple Surgeries
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 19:28
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children born with certain heart defects have impaired blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery leading to the lungs, requiring implanted devices (known as right-ventricular outflow tract conduits) to maintain the flow. However, these conduits fail over time, and children typically face multiple open-heart operations during their lives to reopen the passage.