A BABY who was born with her heart outside her body has undergone a groundbreaking operation to protect the fragile organ.

Placed on a bypass machine, Dr. Patwardhan and his team detached her right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary artery ...

Born in the UK with a condition known as ectopia cordis, Vanellope underwent three major operations at Glenfield Hospital in ...

Vanellope Hope Wilkins, seven, beat eight-million-to-one odds after she became the first baby in Britain to survive the ultra ...

A team of experts led by a Nigerian Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Dr. Ikenna Omeje has performed a successful surgery on Vanellope Hope Wilkins, a seven-year-old girl born with her heart ...

The term commotio cordis translates to "agitation of the heart" in Latin. Frequently, this occurs in young male athletes. The exact mechanism is unclear, however this is also the basis for using ...

Described by experts as "one of a kind", Vanellope had three operations to place her heart back in her chest due to an extremely rare condition called ectopia cordis. The hospital where she was ...

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Described by experts as "one of a kind", Vanellope had three operations to place her heart back in her chest due to an ...