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Minimally Invasive Procedure Repairs Heart Defect

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Uploaded by on Oct 15, 2007

Lily Burns, a fitness instructor since she was 16, had a stroke. Within minutes she was in an emergency room, but when she was transferred to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, she learned that she had an atrial septal defect. Dr. Ralph de la Torre of BIDMC's Cardiovascular Institute suggested a minimally invasive procedure to correct the defect and get Lily quickly back into her active lifestyle.

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  • It is amazing that she was as active as she was and diddn't have prior warning signs, Dizzyness, Out of breath, Iregular heart beats.. Especialy during physical activities.. 2 out of 100 people end up with this "Situation".. Everyones born with the hole between the chambers.. just some of our bodies dont close the hole naturaly.. Took Open heart surgery to fix mine in 1999. I was 19. But I had a great doctor who heard the swishing when I went in for a physical, Mine was a schedualed Operation.

  • Wow!! This young girl was very lucky that she had a SMART boyfriend that realized she was having a stroke!! Amazing how Dr. Ralph was able to sew the hole in her heart, just like that!! Now she's healthy as can be as if nothing ever happened!! Very cool!! :-)

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