New Heart, New Chance for Young Man with Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Stanford doctors use uncommon practice to save Becker muscular dystrophy patient.
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Humbly but Persistently Working Toward a Superhuman Status
With his Stanford PACT team’s help, a young man reaches rare milestone by living with a VAD for 10 years.
Living a full life on a VAD
The youngest of five kids in the Bingham family, 8-year-old Gage is the third of his siblings to suffer from a life-threatening heart failure condition known as dilated cardiomyopathy.
Pioneers of the Berlin Heart
For a child awaiting a heart transplant, the Berlin Heart offers a bridge to life. Packard Children’s helped bring this innovative device to pediatric patients in the United States, and achieved some of the early milestones for the most vulnerable patients.
