Hospital in Switzerland implanted a baby with growth potential estent

Geneva.- Cardiologists at the University Hospital of Pediatrics in Zurich, Switzerland, have implanted a baby of only 24 days, a new type that offers a "growth potential" that can accompany it up to 10 years. In adulthood.

The baby suffered from a serious heart malformation as his pulmonary artery, which connects the heart to the lungs, was very narrow, so his lungs were not getting enough blood.

The medical team managed, thanks to this device, to keep the artery open permanently.

The installed stent adapts to the growth of the girl and even grows with the vessel until adulthood, according to EFE.

The intravascular prosthesis currently measures 6 millimeters, the size fits the ages between 8 and 10 years.

The East is open in a controlled manner by specific points, accompanying the growth of the artery, as demonstrated by testing done with pigs.

The operation is part of a clinical study in which an estimate like this one will be implanted in 18 babies from Switzerland, Germany and Austria and will do the same. monitored for a few years to ensure its safety and smooth operation.

Oliver Kretschmar, chief of cardiology at the hospital and director of the study, said that "this product can fill a void, that the current ones are not suitable for children and, most importantly, for Babies".