Six-year-old boy, born with just 'half a heart', startles medicos after completing his first triathlon
He has hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a birth defect which affects fewer than 1,000 babies in the United States every year.
Jul 16, 2017, 17:13 PM ISTFetal Balloon Aortic valvuloplasty procedure performed
Under general anaesthesia to the mother, the fetal heart was accessed through the maternal abdomen under ultrasound guidance and the aortic valve dilatation was performed using a coronary angioplasty balloon-wire combination.
Dec 13, 2015, 17:05 PM IST