{"id":11369,"date":"2018-02-08T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T09:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/?p=11369"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:02:31","slug":"umbilical-cord-blood-to-help-babies-with-heart-defects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/2018\/02\/umbilical-cord-blood-to-help-babies-with-heart-defects\/","title":{"rendered":"Umbilical Cord Blood to Help Babies With Heart Defects"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”2_3,1_3″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]A ground-breaking trial has been announced in the USA at the Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles with the aim of helping babies born with a heart defect.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ram Kuma Subramanyan, a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the CHLA explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout two or three decades ago, this condition was uniformly fatal. None of the children survived passed neo-natal or newborn period\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/smaller-baby-eating-heart-lolly.jpg” align=”center” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”off” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”2_3,1_3″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]The team at CHLA have decided to add something new to the procedure \u2013 stem cells.<\/p>\n

Newborns with hypoplastic left heart syndrome will be able to have their umbilical cord blood procured at birth where it will be processed and stored ahead of surgical treatment when they are older.<\/p>\n

“We are hoping that what these stem cell will do over time will cause the heart muscles to enlarge or hypertrophy maybe even generate more cells, more like a left ventricle than a right ventricle over time”<\/em><\/strong> said Dr. Vaughn Starnes, Co-Director of the Heart Institute Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles<\/p>\n

With many heart defects picked up during routine scanning in pregnancy, parents have the opportunity to set up cord blood banking at the time of birth. Timothy Nelson, Director of the Mayo Clinic explained that they are offering storage of the umbilical cord stem cells free to every HLHS family in the USA \u2013 more information can be found on the Mayo Clinic\u2019s trials page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: ABC<\/a>
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What is Hypoplastic left heart syndrome?<\/h3>\n

HLHS is a birth defect that affects normal blood flow thought the heart. It is a congenital defect occurring during pregnancy when the left hand side of the heart does not form correctly.<\/p>\n

It is not possible to correct hypolastic left heart with surgery and whilst a series of operations are available to aid a child\u2019s quality of life it is not certain how long children with the condition could live for.<\/p>\n

Source \u2013 British Heart Foundation<\/a>
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