The Berlin heart, made especially for kids, is awaiting FDA approval. Feb. 21, 2008 — -- Children facing heart failure are often given little chance of survival, because there are so few ...
Nataly Paramó was preparing to celebrate her 15th birthday in October when she experienced unexpected and alarming fatigue during basketball tryouts. The teen from East Chicago, Indiana, had always ...
Choon-Sik Jhun, associate professor of surgery at Penn State College of Medicine, holds a prototype for a pediatric heart pump. With support from a new NIH grant, Jhun and his collaborators will test ...
The federal government has halted previously approved funding for the study and manufacturing of a pediatric heart pump developed by researchers at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University. Engineering ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two heart pump systems were approved for the treatment of acute decompensated HF and cardiogenic shock in ...
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 ...
When Laken Whitehead went into heart failure in February, doctors told his parents that even a heart transplant would not be enough to save the 6-month-old boy’s life. But Whitney and Forest Whitehead ...
Severe pediatric cardiac decompensation has a mortality risk of 50-65% and is the leading cause of death in children. Heart transplantation is the current standard of care for end-stage pediatric ...
Advocate Children's Hospital formally launched its pediatric heart transplant program at the Oak Lawn hospital today, having performed three heart transplants since December. The hospital's program ...
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