{"id":5872,"date":"2025-03-07T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=5872"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:05:19","slug":"summary-of-the-historic-living-mitral-valve-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/summary-of-the-historic-living-mitral-valve-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of the Historic Living Mitral Valve Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Summary of the Historic Living Mitral Valve Replacement<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Publication: Duke Health | Date: February 27, 2025<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 First Living Mitral Valve Replacement: Surgeons at Duke Health performed the world\u2019s first living mitral valve replacement, marking a groundbreaking achievement in pediatric cardiac surgery.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Three Lives Saved: The procedure was part of a series of heart surgeries that saved three young girls through innovative valve transplantation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Patient 1 \u2013 Journi Kelly (11 years old): Suffered from sudden heart failure and underwent a full heart transplant. Her old heart was removed, allowing its healthy valves to be donated.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Patient 2 \u2013 Margaret Van Bruggen (14 years old): Diagnosed with endocarditis, she received the mitral valve from Journi Kelly\u2019s heart after it was removed during the transplant.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Patient 3 \u2013 Kensley Frizzell (9 years old): Diagnosed with Turner\u2019s syndrome, she received another valve from Journi Kelly\u2019s heart to repair her condition.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Medical Significance: Traditional artificial valves require repeated surgeries in children as they grow. However, living valves continue to grow with the patient, reducing the need for multiple procedures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Duke\u2019s Leadership: Duke specialists have been pioneering living valve transplantation in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to improve treatment options for high-risk pediatric patients.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Family Perspectives: The families involved expressed deep gratitude for the innovative procedure, calling it an \u201cextraordinary\u201d breakthrough in both scientific and humanitarian terms.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This historic achievement represents a major leap forward in pediatric heart surgery, offering new hope for children with severe heart conditions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.dukehealth.org\/news\/duke-health-performs-worlds-first-living-mitral-valve-replacement\">https:\/\/corporate.dukehealth.org\/news\/duke-health-performs-worlds-first-living-mitral-valve-replacement<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of the Historic Living Mitral Valve Replacement Publication: Duke Health | Date: February 27, 2025 \u2022 First Living Mitral Valve Replacement: Surgeons at Duke Health performed the world\u2019s first living mitral valve replacement, marking a groundbreaking achievement in pediatric cardiac surgery. \u2022 Three Lives Saved: The procedure was part of a series of heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5873,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5872\/revisions\/5873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}