{"id":9554,"date":"2018-03-07T05:07:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:07:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-03-07T05:07:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:07:12","slug":"burjeel-hospital-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/burjeel-hospital-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dubai Hospital Saved A 9-Year-Old Girl From Heart Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 9-year-old girl, suffering from a complex heart issue, has been given a chance at a\u00a0better life after doctors at a\u00a0Dubai hospital performed a tricky surgery successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Louise Cindy was admitted to Burjeel Hospital after\u00a0her mother noticed she was struggling to breath when she had to walk for a long time. Playing with her friends and climbing stairs were\u00a0difficult for the child.<\/p>\n<p>Louise&#8217;s heart would palpitate and beat really fast, so her mother\u00a0turned to the hospital to seek medical help.<\/p>\n<p>Louise was diagnosed\u00a0with a triple congenital cleft of the mitral valve, which caused a huge leak in her heart. Her surgeon,\u00a0Assoc. Prof. Dr. Walid Shaker, Consultant and Head of Cardiac Surgery Department, said the condition could lead to heart failure if left untreated.<\/p>\n<h3>Doctors chose the more complex surgery option to give Louise a chance at a better life<\/h3>\n<p>The leak meant any strenuous activities would cause her heart to palpitate and prevent her living a normal life, according to\u00a0Assoc. Prof. Dr. Walid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The doctor was faced with two choices; either\u00a0replacing the leaking valve with a small-sized mechanical valve, a process relatively less complex but would affect the child\u2019s growth later on because the artificial valve would not match her growing heart, or choose to repair the leaking valve, a more demanding and technically more complicated medical treatment.\u00a0The doctor chose the second option, which if successful would mean Louise would not face complications pertaining to the heart in her growth as an adult&#8230;\u00a0although she may need a valve replacement by the age of 25.<\/p>\n<p>An expert team of cardiac specialists under Assoc. Prof. Dr. Walid\u2019s supervision performed the\u00a04-hour complex\u00a0\u00a0surgery, repairing the\u00a0congenital mitral cleft and correcting the\u00a0massive valve leak.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was a success,\u00a0Louise&#8217;s mother expressed gratitude to the doctors at Burjeel Hosptial for giving her daughter a second chance at life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 9-year-old girl, suffering from a complex heart issue, has been given a chance at a\u00a0better life after doctors at a\u00a0Dubai hospital performed a tricky surgery successfully. Louise Cindy was admitted to Burjeel Hospital after\u00a0her mother noticed she was struggling to breath when she had to walk for a long time. 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