Expanding a child’s heart implant with light | Newswise: News for Journalists

Credit: Akari Seiner and Christopher Rodell

Researchers are developing a blood shunt with an inner diameter that expands when exposed to a blue light-emitting catheter, limiting the need for high-risk open-chest surgeries to replace the shunt in growing children.

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