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“All children deserve a fighting chance.”Pediatric cardiology team put talent, passion and Philips Pediatric miniMulti TEE probe to work, performing 16 surgeries in six days.
Teamed with Philips' SONOS 7500 ultrasound system, the miniMulti TEE probe produces high-resolution images of delicate and complicated cardiac structures. Its small size and round tip ease intubation and increase comfort, making it ideal for pediatric patients. Success is in the details Norman H Silverman, M.D., Director, Pediatric and Echocardiography Laboratory, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, was part of the U.S. team and instrumental in securing the Philips pediatric miniMulti TEE probe. “Our goal at Stanford is to do transesophageal echo on all patients — it gives us details that could otherwise be missed. We knew Jaslok had a Philips SONOS 7500 echocardiography system. However, the facility didn’t have a transesophageal probe. I asked Philips to donate its pediatric miniMulti TEE probe — the same model Dr. Reddy and I use back home — and they did.”
According to Dr. Silverman, getting Philips to agree was the easy part. “When I arrived in Mumbai, custom authorities wanted to confiscate the probe — they thought I was going to sell it.” Three hours and several documents later, he was given permission to leave the airport, probe in hand. “Walking out with the probe was well worth the fight,” recalls Dr. Silverman.
Teamed with Philips’ SONOS 7500 ultrasound system, the miniMulti TEE probe produces high-resolution images of delicate and complicated cardiac structures. Its small size and round tip ease intubation and increase comfort, making it ideal for pediatric patients. “When kids get heart operations, we put a transesophageal probe down their gullet so we can see if the repair is done right,” explains Dr. Silverman. “The Philips mini TEE probe gives us the confidence we need before, during and after the procedures, leaving no room for doubt. We used it on all 16 babies with great success.”
Dr. Reddy agrees. “The Philips miniMulti TEE transducer allowed us to perform delicate and complicated cardiothoracic surgeries on these tiny, young babies with precision and accuracy. It also gave us the ability to perform qualitative post-op assessments. We were able to look for concerns, including intracardiac air, and correct any residual defects immediately — before leaving the OR.”
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