pediatrics
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FDA approved the first heart valve designed to grow with children, a surgically implanted pulmonary valve for pediatric patients with congenital pulmonary valve disease.
The FDA approved the Autus Size-Adjustable Valve on October 1 for children with congenital pulmonary valve disease. It is the first heart valve designed to be widened by balloon catheter as a child grows, from about 13 up to 22 millimeters, and the first valve approved in the U.S. with synthetic leaflets instead of animal tissue. The approval rests on a 62-patient study at 12 U.S. sites; the FDA says it may reduce, not eliminate, repeat open-heart surgeries, and the announcement does not say when the valve becomes available.
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