Young Winston and his Family Benefit from New CHAMP App (IMAGE)

Children's Mercy Hospital

Young Winston and his Family Benefit from New CHAMP App

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Winston Wahlgren, pictured here with his mom, Emily, in their home in Buhler, Kan., was born with a single ventricle heart defect. A new tablet-based app, called CHAMP (Cardiac High-Acuity Monitoring Program), is a more automated, accurate and simplified way for physicians to monitor high-risk, single ventricle heart defect patients such as Winston at home in real-time. The 3,000 children in the US with a single ventricle heart defect typically require three surgeries -- one within several days of birth, one within six months of birth and one between 3-5 years of age. Nationally, ten to twenty percent of babies who have had the first surgery die before having the second surgery. The aim of the app is to enable quick intervention at signs of danger, reduce the mortality rate, and decrease the burden placed on at-home caregivers.

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