DAIC
APRIL 29, 2024
Currently, TEE cannot be leveraged during cardiac bypass surgery. Instead, a surgeon views the patient’s septal thickness via TEE prior to performing open-heart surgery and would trim the septum – if necessary – without real-time guidance.
Conquering CHD
JANUARY 17, 2025
Zane had three open heart surgeries before he turned 3. Zeke and Zane were both diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) before birth. As far as congenital heart diseases go, HLHS falls on the rarer end of the spectrum. And surprisingly, he had a more routine care journey than his brother, Zeke.
Conquering CHD
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The Warrior Heart Project Hi my name is Addison Gutierrez! On June 21, 2008 my mom went in for a routine ultrasound. My dad was a surgery resident at the hospital so he was able to meet her there. It had been missed on my ultrasound. I was rushed to the cath lab for emergency surgery.
CardiacWire
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Focusing on mitral and tricuspid valve diseases , Capstans treatment combines transcatheter implantation of a folded valve replacement with its X-ray and ultrasound-guided robot to align the low-profile implant with the beating heart valve.
Conquering CHD
OCTOBER 1, 2024
When we first learned that Austin would be admitted to Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children PICU for open heart surgery at 3 weeks old, we were nervous and anxious for what was ahead. He was diagnosed with a butterfly vertebrae, kidney fullness, sacral dimple, and several heart defects (right aortic arch, VSD, and ASD).
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
MAY 7, 2024
Echocardiogram is an image of the heart using ultrasound. An ultrasound beam is transmitted into the body using a device known as transducer. The echo received from the body is processed by the computer in the machine to give an image of the heart.
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