Children's heart surgery pioneers

The CHU (centre hospitalier universitaire) in Toulouse is leading the world in treating infant cardiac malformations without the need for open heart surgery. Using 3D echography and catheterisation surgeons are able view the heart in actual size and introduce the necessary instruments via a vein or artery. Two children treated last month were able to go home after 36 hours as the risk of complications and infection are reduced and anaesthetic for the shorter procedure is also much lighter. The CHU treats about 150-200 children a year and can treat over 40 anomalies in this way.
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