This new centre of care is a dedicated and well informed unit to provide a better and unique care for those patients with rare and complex diseases. Rare diseases are those which occur in less than 1 in 2000 population. Rarity is dynamic and depends on the region we concern and the period of time…
Durdans Heart Centre recently concluded a breakthrough minimally invasive Transcatheter Arterial Valve Implantation (TAVI) on a patient with bicuspid valve. Bicuspid valves, a birth anomaly (two leaflets instead of the normal three), quickly leads to narrowing of the valve. The valve replacement was performed using a self-expanding Medtronic Evolut™ R self-expanding trans-catheter aortic heart valve.…
Early detection is important Research has shown that detection of hearing disorders before the first six months of a child’s life leads to better interventional outcomes than when detected after six months. In fact countries like the US practicing neonatal hearing screening for all newborns across the country further affirms its importance. Manthi Dissanayake, Audiologist…
