Newborn Undergoes Lifesaving Open Heart Surgery at 3 Days Old
Boy receives congenital heart surgery quickly, thanks to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health specialty network team Marcus Li’s young life changed instantly the morning after he was born. During a newborn screening, a standard congenital heart disease test uncovered a serious concern. “He failed the test,” says Nikola Tede, MD, a Stanford Medicine Children’s Health pediatric cardiologist who sees patients in the North Bay. “He also had low oxygen saturation, which raised further c...| Healthier, Happy Lives Blog
