Queensland Children’s Hospital among first in Australia to carry out new axillary approach to heart surgery

A little Queensland girl was back to her “firecracker” self within days after doctors performed a revolutionary heart surgery ...

Researchers identify a new stem cell patch to gently heal damaged hearts

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that ...
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Flexible hydrogel heart patch cuts tissue damage by 50% and boosts recovery rates

A team of MIT engineers has designed a flexible drug-delivery patch that could help the heart heal after a heart attack.
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7-year-old girl thriving after surprise diagnosis leads to open-heart surgery

GOOCHLAND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A 7-year-old Virginia girl is thriving months after undergoing open-heart surgery for a congenital heart defect. Millie Haenlein, a second grader at Goochland ...
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Mom Says It Was 'Heartbreaking' to See Baby’s Heart Surgery Scars. Then Husband Had Them Tattooed on His Chest (Exclusive)

As Eric and Cristina Conklin prepared to welcomed their first child, they learned that their son had a congenital heart defect that would need immediate treatment after his birth When Bennett was born ...
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‘Nothing can hold me back’: High schooler scores touchdown on 1st play since open-heart surgery

ELKHORN, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - A teenager returned to his high school’s football field in Nebraska for the first time since undergoing open-heart surgery. When Jack Burke first lined up at his ...