From The Edmonton Journal: "The Stollery Children's Hospital pediatric cardiac team has announced a milestone - its 100th heart transplant. The recipient was a baby girl named Dejanelle Huntley. 'The number of pediatric heart transplants performed by our team is growing exponentially,' said Dr. Ivan Rebeyka, head of pediatric cardiac surgery. So far this year, the team has performed 11 heart transplants on children, compared with six in all of 2007. About one in 100 babies is born with a heart defect in Alberta"Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Stollery celebrates 100th pediatric heart transplant
From The Edmonton Journal: "The Stollery Children's Hospital pediatric cardiac team has announced a milestone - its 100th heart transplant. The recipient was a baby girl named Dejanelle Huntley. 'The number of pediatric heart transplants performed by our team is growing exponentially,' said Dr. Ivan Rebeyka, head of pediatric cardiac surgery. So far this year, the team has performed 11 heart transplants on children, compared with six in all of 2007. About one in 100 babies is born with a heart defect in Alberta"
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