OSF HealthCare Accelerated

Being innovative sometimes means being willing to do something different, like using a device in a way it hasn’t been used before. That’s exactly what a team at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria did to save a young child’s life.

Join us as we share the story of a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind surgery: the successful implantation of an extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD) in a toddler, the youngest and smallest patient in the world to receive this device.  After suffering cardiac arrest at home, the child was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, a rare genetic condition that causes life-threatening heart arrhythmias. The innovative procedure not only saved the child's life but also set a new global precedent for how the EV-ICD can be used in younger, smaller patients.

Host Shelli Dankoff chats with Mark Plunkett, MD, chief of pediatric and congenital heart surgery at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, and Sunita Ferns, MD, director of pediatric and adult congenital electrophysiology at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, about the extraordinary work of their team and what this means for the future of treating pediatric arrhythmia patients.

Speaker highlights:

Mark Plunkett, MD,
Chief, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois

Sunita Ferns, MD
Director, Pediatric and Adult Congenital Electrophysiology
OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois

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Creators and Guests

Host
Shelli Dankoff
Host of OSF HealthCare Accelerated Podcast

What is OSF HealthCare Accelerated ?

Welcome to the OSF HealthCare Accelerated Podcast!

OSF HealthCare Accelerated gives listeners a look inside our journey to transform health care and the solutions we're piloting to solve today's health obstacles.

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