Tech can be key in treating congenital heart defects’
A state which lowered child mortality significantly in the past
decade, could further the trend by investing in technology to treat
congenital heart defects (CHDs), said experts.
The head of the Department of Cardiology said India had a huge burden with around 2-2.5 lakh babies born annually suffering from congenital heart defects. Around 80,000 have serious complications but though most of them only require a single corrective surgery to live a normal life, they often have no access to them, he told media-persons here on Friday.
Hospitals also lack technical and human resources to deal with the scale of the burden. “It is only after the mortality rates fell that states began looking at CHDs. We are now operating on pre-term babies but the challenges are huge,” he said.
At the hospital, doctors operated on a 1.8 kg baby born three months before term. The baby was referred to the hospital by doctors. The baby’s father said the baby was diagnosed with a hole in the heart three days after birth, and it enlarged within a week.
Cardiovascular surgeon, who performed the surgery, said since pre-term babies’ tissues are fragile, more care is needed before and during the surgery. He used a 3D printed image of the baby’s heart from the MRI scan to help identify the exact type of lesion and cut the cardiopulmonary bypass time. This reduced the recovery time, the Dr. explained.
The institute’s expertise in paediatric cardiac surgeries led it to develop an app. A professor of Paediatric Cardiology in-charge of MRI and 3D Printing, said the study of 1,100 babies brought to the institute found that safer transport would improve their survival chances. It helped develop an app to provide real time data even as the baby is transported by ambulance. The app will be launched in soon the Dr. said.
The institute has installed a 3D printer which has helped in planning complicated surgeries in other specialities also.
The head of the Department of Cardiology said India had a huge burden with around 2-2.5 lakh babies born annually suffering from congenital heart defects. Around 80,000 have serious complications but though most of them only require a single corrective surgery to live a normal life, they often have no access to them, he told media-persons here on Friday.
Hospitals also lack technical and human resources to deal with the scale of the burden. “It is only after the mortality rates fell that states began looking at CHDs. We are now operating on pre-term babies but the challenges are huge,” he said.
At the hospital, doctors operated on a 1.8 kg baby born three months before term. The baby was referred to the hospital by doctors. The baby’s father said the baby was diagnosed with a hole in the heart three days after birth, and it enlarged within a week.
Cardiovascular surgeon, who performed the surgery, said since pre-term babies’ tissues are fragile, more care is needed before and during the surgery. He used a 3D printed image of the baby’s heart from the MRI scan to help identify the exact type of lesion and cut the cardiopulmonary bypass time. This reduced the recovery time, the Dr. explained.
The institute’s expertise in paediatric cardiac surgeries led it to develop an app. A professor of Paediatric Cardiology in-charge of MRI and 3D Printing, said the study of 1,100 babies brought to the institute found that safer transport would improve their survival chances. It helped develop an app to provide real time data even as the baby is transported by ambulance. The app will be launched in soon the Dr. said.
The institute has installed a 3D printer which has helped in planning complicated surgeries in other specialities also.
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