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UK pavilion to demonstrate
ground-breaking
pediatric heart
surgery at Arab Health 2020
(Dubai, UAE) -
Complex
heart surgery which hopes to
give the best possible
chance of survival to
children diagnosed with
heart problems, including
congenital heart disease,
will be demonstrated on the
ABHI UK Pavilion at Arab
Health 2020.
The technically challenging
pediatric cardiac surgery,
which will be performed on
the UK’s state-of-the-art
simulation operating
theatre, will be led by
surgeons from the
internationally acclaimed
Evelina
London Children's Hospital,
which has the largest and
longest established fetal
cardiac service in the UK.
Dr Owen Miller, a consultant
in pediatric and fetal
cardiology, will be joined
by consultant pediatric
surgeon Mr Caner Salih to
demonstrate the unique
procedure, which hopes to
repair the heart defects a
child is born with
(congenital heart disease)
and those developed after
birth that may require
surgery.
This
includes the
challenging Norwood
procedure, a type of
open-heart surgery that is
usually performed when a
baby is around 1–2 weeks
old, and which forms stage
one of a three-stage heart
surgery in patients with
hypoplastic left heart
syndrome – one of the most
complex cardiac defects in
newborn babies.
The hospital
was
one of the first centres in
the UK to offer this
procedure.
Today Evelina London
Children’s Hospital – which
forms part of
Guy’s and St
Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
–
continues
its long history of
innovation in employing
ground-breaking technologies
and new techniques to
diagnose heart defects in
children and adults.
The specialist children’s
hospital offers pioneering
three-dimensional
visualisation of the fetal
heart using prenatal MRI
scans – which has been shown
to significantly improve
visualisation and diagnostic
quality in congenital heart
disease before birth – a
technique that is not
offered anywhere else in the
world.
Dr Owen Miller, Consultant
in Pediatric & Fetal
Cardiology, commented:
“We are proud to demonstrate
such pioneering cardiac
imaging and surgery at Arab
Health. “Our unit diagnoses
around 200 major heart
abnormalities in babies
before birth each year. As
well as detecting problems
with the way the heart has
formed, we can detect
abnormal heart rhythms and
problems with the heart
function, working together
to give them the best
possible chance of survival.”
The fetal cardiology team at
Evelina London has a vast
experience of diagnosis and
management of cardiac
abnormalities. The unit at
the hospital has produced
many ‘world-firsts’
including interventional
catheter techniques,
advanced cardiac imaging and
fetal cardiac intervention.
With an international
reputation in all aspects of
diagnosis and treatment of
patients with heart problems
from the fetus through
transition to the adult
services, the hospital
offers pioneering treatments
to patients across the
United Kingdom and
internationally. More than
2,000 high risk pregnancies
are evaluated in the
hospital’s fetal cardiology
unit each year.
Congenital heart disease is
one of the most common types
of birth defect, affecting
up to 8 in every 1,000
babies born in the UK.
Though it can be picked up
in ultrasound scans during
pregnancy, sometimes it is
not found until after the
baby has been born;
depending on its severity,
it may require cardiac
surgery.
Paul Benton, Managing
Director, International at
the ABHI added: “We are
delighted to be joined by
Evelina London Children’s
Hospital at Arab Health. Our
simulated surgical stage is
designed to celebrate
collaborations between
healthcare providers,
clinicians and healthcare
technology companies and,
most importantly, allow
visitors to watch Britain’s
best surgeons in action. The
specialist team at
Evelina
London
are a fine
example of this, with a
history in innovation and a
world-renowned unit that
offers pioneering techniques
to diagnose congenital heart
defects in newborn babies
and children.”
Arab Health takes place 27–
30 January 2020 at the Dubai
World Trade Centre, Dubai,
UAE. Throughout the show,
ABHI and the UK Pavilion
will be located in Hall 2
stand G30.
The interactive
demonstration will take
place on 28 January 2020 on
the ABHI stand. There will
also be an opportunity to
have discussions with the
clinicians about various
aspects of complex cardiac
conditions from diagnosis to
management.
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