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A surgery needed to be done to save a baby whose heart was beating outside her chest

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In UK, when a baby named Vanellope born, her heart was seen outside her body. This is a very rare condition known as ectopia cordis, in which heart is found outside the thorax. It may be partially or tatally. Three successful surgeries have been done to put her heart back into the chest cavity. After surgeries, she is now recovering slowly. 

"I had prepared myself for the worst; that was my way of dealing with it. I had brought an outfit to hospital that she could wear if she died," said Naomi Findlay, Vanellope's mother, in a statement on Tuesday. "I genuinely didn't think my baby would survive, but the staff at Glenfield have been amazing."

"I deal with babies with heart problems all the time, some of them very complicated," said Dr. Frances Bu'Lock, consultant in pediatric cardiology at Glenfield Hospital.

"This is only the second case in 30 years that I've seen this particular condition, it's extremely rare," she said. "Vanellope is the first baby to survive this operation in the UK."

This is a miracle first time occurred in UK.

Read more news here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/baby-born-with-heart-outside-body-survives-surgery/articleshow/62066801.cms
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/13/health/baby-heart-chest-surgery-intl/index.html

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A surgery needed to be done to save a baby whose heart was beating outside her chest was published on and last updated on 18 Dec 2017.