Delhi AIIMS Doctors Perform Risky Heart Surgery On Baby Inside Womb
NDTV
The procedure is done under ultrasound guidance, "We placed a needle through the mother's abdomen into the baby's heart, a senior AIIMS doctor said.
AIIMS Delhi performed successful balloon dilation in a grape-sized baby's heart in the mother's womb.
A 28-year-old pregnant patient was admitted to the hospital with three previous pregnancy losses. The parents wished to continue the current pregnancy after the doctors communicated about the child's heart condition and consented to the procedure with a wish to improve the outcome.
The procedure was done at the Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, AIIMS. The team of interventional cardiologists and fetal medicine specialists performed a successful procedure.
According to the team of doctors from Department of Cardiology & Cardiac Anesthesia, along with Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Fetal medicine) of AIIMS, "The fetus and the mother are both doing well after the procedure. The teams of doctors are monitoring the growth of the heart chambers to ultimately determine the baby's future management."
