Doctors at the Mayo Clinic have developed a new treatment for congenital cardiac defects.The team has developed a novel delivery system that combines a pacemaker, implantable cardiac pacemaker and a blood vessel-derived microprocessor.The pacemaker is attached to a blood clot and the implantable is implanted inside a small tube that goes into the heart.The device […]
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I was diagnosed with congenitital heart syndrome and had to have an operation to fix it.The procedure I had to go through was for my left chest.The doctors at the hospital told me that the procedure would take up to 12 hours and it would take me two months to recover.They said that my family […]
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NHL players and their families are getting a glimpse into what it’s like to go through a heart surgery.The NHL is bringing the sport’s tradition of heart surgery to the NHL Players Association meeting next week in Toronto.The players association is looking at whether to allow it to move forward, but its not known how […]
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The word congenital is often used interchangeably with “abnormal.”However, in fact, the condition is not so uncommon that it is usually considered to be “abnormality.”A congenital abnormality is the condition in which a person’s heart has developed abnormally.The congenital condition can also refer to the condition where the heart is not functioning normally, as with […]
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