Baby has heart surgery in the womb

Title

Baby has heart surgery in the womb

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 Jan 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Simon Bowden interviews Dr Lindsey Allan, senior lecturer in perinatal cardiology at Guy’s Hospital on the procedure on a baby that received heart surgery whilst in its mother’s womb, the decision to undertake it and the baby’s chances of survival now. For Update programme.

Contributors

Simon Bowden; Lindsey Allan

Keywords

Surgery; Heart surgery; Medical ethics; Pregnancy; Guy’s Hospital; Medical treatment; Update (radio programme); Cardiovascular surgery; Pregnancy complications; Foetal diseases; Foetus

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