'Virtual heart' precision-guides defibrillator placement in children with heart disease
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
The small size and abnormal anatomy of children born with heart defects often force doctors to place lifesaving defibrillators entirely outside the heart, rather than partly inside — a less-than-ideal solution to dangerous heart rhythms that involves a degree of guesstimating and can compromise therapy.