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Congenital Heart Valve Program

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Heart Valve Implanted in Boy With Swine Flu
(Wall Street Journal)Doctors at Boston Children's Hospital said they successfully implanted an experimental heart valve in a 4-year-old boy with a congenital heart defect to relieve potentially fatal complications caused by the H1N1 flu virus.
Catheter-delivered heart valve may help avoid surgeries
If results bear out, the Melody valve may allow children with certain congenital heart defects to enjoy better heart function with fewer open-heart surgeries.
 

Fetal Heart Surgery for Congenital Valve disorders
In fetuses diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome with Aortic Stenosis or Pulmonary Atresia, treatment can now be initiated in utero.