
Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi have performed a rare surgery, inserting a stent in the heart of a one-month old baby who had a blockage in the right ventricle of her heart.
According to the doctors, the baby was suffering from a common cyanotic heart defect known as tetralogy of fallot and had a 4.5mm hole in her heart and her right lung had collapsed when she was admitted to the hospital.
The doctors held a number of debates on how to proceed before going ahead with a RVOT (right ventricular outflow tract) stenting.
Source: Medindia
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