Health professionals in the province of Córdoba placed a bioabsorbable device for the first time in the country to treat aortic coarctation in a newborn patient. The medical procedure took place at the Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad on a 49-day-old baby weighing 2.2 kg from San Juan. The operation combined surgical and hemodynamic techniques to correct the severe arterial narrowing that impeded normal blood flow to the lower organs.
The care logistics required prior preparation at the Materno Neonatal Hospital to stabilize the patient's general condition before transferring them to the high-complexity center. The surgeons made an opening in the carotid artery to allow specialists to introduce the prosthesis directly into the aorta. Regarding the scope of the intervention, the head of the Cardiology Department at the Hospital de Niños, Alejandro Peirone, stated: “This intervention was performed for the first time in Córdoba because the hospital has the necessary technology and professional capacity to carry it out.”
The hemodynamics team placed a bioabsorbable stent model IBS™ Angel of 4.0 mm x 15 mm that degrades within the body over a period of 12 months. Unlike traditional metal prostheses, this technology avoids leaving a fixed structure and allows the artery to continue its normal growth. Referring to the care conditions provided by the health network, the head of the Cardiology Department at the Hospital de Niños, Alejandro Peirone, stated that the Ministry of Health of Córdoba provided them with the necessary tools to perform these high-complexity medical procedures.
