Duke Health performs world's first partial-heart transplant on baby boy

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When Owen Monroe was born, he was disgnosed with truncus arteriosus, which meant that two of his heart's main arteries were fused together. Doctors performed a partial transplant, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, to save the baby's life.

She said she and her husband, Nick, had a conversation about whether Owen's purpose was to be a donor for other newborns, calling it"probably the hardest conversation you can ever have as a parent."

"Even though we had him listed for a normal heart transplant, we suspected we weren't gonna make it that far," he said. Still a newborn, Owen underwent the procedure. Doctors used tissue from a donor heart with strong valves but poor muscle condition, meaning it could not be used in a full transplant.

 

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Amazing 🙏

All because of meds the mother was taking knowing it will make the baby sick

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Life is precious/

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They have been transplanting donor hear valves for years... in africa wh have been doing this in 1990's Sure this was super small ( and that is amazing) but it's not 'new'

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Just amazing

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