As Alexandra (Alex) Lucas and her mom raced down a grocery store aisle for an urgent visit to the bathroom, they found themselves in a very different kind of emergency situation. Upon entering a stall, Alex, just 5 years old, went into cardiac arrest. “Alex fell face-first onto the floor. I thought she must have […]
Multi-center study makes the case for heart catheterization technique pioneered at Akron Children’s Hospital
As Dr. John Clark stands over a patient under anesthetic for a heart catheterization procedure at Akron Children’s Hospital, he points to a red image shaped like a caterpillar on the wide screen. That’s the ablation catheter inside the child’s heart. He will use the catheter tip to destroy an abnormal electrical pathway causing a […]
