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Fetal Heart Surgery

Fetal Heart Surgery
Fetal Heart Surgery

The second fetal heart surgery in the country was successfully performed by surgeons of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, said Hamid Amuzegar, a member of the surgical team. Pointing to the fact that the operation was unprecedented in the Middle East, he said the surgery was performed on a fetus diagnosed with a heart problem, IRNA reported. The fetus was suffering from a severe pulmonary valve stenosis. Fetal heart surgery at the age of 20 to 30 weeks can help a baby have a normal life after birth, he added. Pulmonary valve stenosis is a condition in which a deformity on or near the pulmonary valve, the valve that influences the blood flow from heart to lungs, slows the blood flow.

 

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