One of Santa’s favorite elf received a Berlin Heart, a ventricular assist device (VAD) that acts as an external heart pump attached by tubes, which sustains a child whose heart may be too weak to work on its own. Of course, this version was shrunk down to elf size.
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Heart Monitoring Device Brings Comfort to New Parents
Not the youngest, but possibly the smallest baby in the nation to receive an ICD.
A Family’s Journey
Joey was born with several congenital heart defects, including a large ventricular septal defect (VSD), severe Ebstein’s Anomaly, and a coarctation of his aorta.