Patching Holes Inside The Heart While It's Still Beating

... Open heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass pose serious risks, especially for children. Cardiac surgeons Pedro del Nido, MD, and Nikolay Vasilyev, MD, at Children's Hospital Boston have developed a way to avoid both, and patch holes inside the heart while it's still beating using a catheter to deliver and anchor the patch, guided by real time, three dimensional echocardiography. [click link for full article] ...