TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Patel Children’s Heart Institute at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is the first in the southeastern United States and one of only a handful of programs in the world to implant a new…
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TAMPA,Fla.,Feb.26,2025/PRNewswire/—ThePatelChildren’sHeartInstituteat St.Joseph’sChildren’sHospital isthefirstinthesoutheasternUnitedStatesandoneofonlyahandfulofprogramsintheworldtoimplantanewstentspecificallycreatedtoenlargenarrowedbloodvesselsintheheartsofnewbornsandbabies.TheRenataMinimastentisthefirstandonlystentsmallenoughtobeusedinnewbornswiththecapacitytobeenlargedasachildgrowstoadulthood,reducingtheneedformultipleopen-heartsurgeries.
“Stentsaremeshtubesthathelpkeeparteriesopenandbloodflowing,”saidDr.JeremyRingewald,pediatriccardiologistanddirectorofthecardiaccatheterizationlaboratoriesatSt.Joseph’sChildren’sHospital.“Untilnow,adultstentsneededtobealteredtofitababy’stinyvesselsandthenreplacedasth
