My oldest son (Nathan’s big bro’), Adam, has almost completed his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His team has completed a project that has recently been published in Biofabrication, a journal of state-of-the-art research and development. Much of what those guys do is waaay over my head, but [...]
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Heart defects are the most common and deadly of all birth defects.
Approximately 36,000 babies are born each year with a congenital heart defect.
In 1950, a child born with a congenital heart defect had only a 20% chance of survival. Today, survival rates have increased to 90%.
Survivors of successful childhood intervention face life-long risks, including heart [...]
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This is one of the best illustrations I have found for explaining PAPVR.
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR) is a rare congenital heart defect in which blood flow from one or more of the pulmonary veins return to the right atrium instead of to the left atrium. This is a problem because the right atrium [...]
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When faced with a complicated congenital heart defect, confidence in the skill and expertise of your child’s surgeon is of paramount importance. When our son, Nathan, was diagnosed with Scimitar Syndrome, a rare condition characterized by dextrocardia, pulmonary hypoplasia, and Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, we soon learned that our local surgeons had no personal [...]
One challenge for children with Scimitar Syndrome is their vulnerability to lung infection and pneumonia due to pulmonary hypoplasia. The Himalayan Salt Inhaler may be a beneficial addition to your allergy arsenal.
