Study to improve quality of life and outcomes for kids with heart defect
1,957 views · Published 26 May 2010 · 2:02 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: Michigan Medicine · 2010 · Science & Technology
A trial on shunts used to direct blood flow to the lungs, led by researchers at the University of Michigan, will lead to better outcomes for kids worldwide born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the most common severe heart birth defect. Under the leadership of the University of Michigan, the first multi-institutional randomized prospective trial ever conducted in congenital heart surgery was just completed by the Pediatric Heart Network with funding from the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute.
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