Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 Jeanne McMullen wrote: > > BTW, cardiologists across the country (including here in Pgh) are testing a > procedure where they close an ASD during catheterization thus eliminating > the need for open heart surgery!! In a couple of years they hope to be > doing the testing on VSDs too!! The dr here in Pgh doing the testing is > Caitlyn's cardiologist and the trials have been real successful so far, > repairing 14 kids in Pgh alone, which means 14 sets of parents who didn't > need to put their kids through surgery and ICU and that whole nightmare! > Yay! > > Jeanne Wow!! Closing an ASD without surgery sounds great!! To bad they can't do the VSD right now too. Progress is always good! Thanks. > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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