{"id":269948,"date":"2022-06-16T08:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=269948"},"modified":"2022-06-14T17:46:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T22:46:07","slug":"preemie-heart-saving-lives-preemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/preemie-heart-saving-lives-preemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking heart procedure saving lives of &#8216;extremely early and extremely sick&#8217; preemies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Doctors at Children&#8217;s Healthcare of Atlanta are utilizing a groundbreaking procedure to help give premature babies a better shot at survival. The procedure, which closes an open flap of the heart vessel, was recently successfully performed on a baby girl weighing just one pound one ounce.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choa.org\/about-us\/newsroom\/childrens-performs-heart-vessel-closure-on-smallest-infant-in-the-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> from the hospital detailed the procedure, which is\u00a0called a transcatheter Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). It involves doctors inserting a catheter into the baby&#8217;s leg to transport and implant a device in the infant&#8217;s heart.\u00a0The entire process is still relatively new and was approved by the FDA in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-p9d9c6ZVSU\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you hold your fist like this, that&#8217;s the size of your heart. So, if you imagine a one-pound baby and their fist. It&#8217;s not even the size of your pinky nail if you will. So as you can imagine, it&#8217;s a really small heart,&#8221; explained Dr. Allen Ligon,\u00a0an interventional cardiologist at Children&#8217;s Healthcare of Atlanta who completed the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a true team effort, starting with the NICU staff who medically stabilized the child for the procedure; the Cath lab crew who prepared the room and performed excellent protocol execution; the anesthesiology team who provided excellent transfer as well as anesthetic care; and the imaging staff who supported us throughout this case,\u201d said Dr. Ligon. \u201cThis new program allows for surrounding hospitals to transfer to Children\u2019s for the procedure, and in the long run, assist in saving the lives of extremely premature babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/biden-invites-pro-abortion-students-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Biden invites pro-abortion student activists to White House<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the hospital, the surgery was a success, and within six days the little girl had gained 135 grams,\u00a0was taken off blood pressure support medication, and was weaned down significantly on her respiratory ventilator support.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ligon told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/local\/new-heart-procedure-preemies-childrens-healthcare-of-atlanta\/85-656664b8-f720-4a42-ad7a-e98b4f7bd457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 Alive<\/a>\u00a0that in the past, the only way to close the heart vessel was through invasive surgery.\u00a0&#8220;We have not had the technology or the capability to do this in these really small and medically fragile babies. These babies are born extremely early and they&#8217;re extremely sick,&#8221; he said, noting that he was optimistic about this new advancement in medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think this is really exciting. We don&#8217;t have the data yet, it&#8217;s still really new. But in the past, the only way to treat this was a surgery and it wasn&#8217;t well-tolerated,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are elated about the outcomes. The kids have tolerated it really well and the results have been outstanding,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors at Children&#8217;s Healthcare of Atlanta are utilizing a groundbreaking procedure to help give premature babies a better shot at survival. The procedure, which closes an open flap of the heart vessel, was recently successfully performed on a baby girl weighing just one pound one ounce. 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