Maverick Waler, 5, of Redmond, Oregon, underwent a cutting-edge procedure in New York City to close multiple holes in his heart – and his dad, Brad Waler, shared the story with Fox News Digital.
– and would eventually need more surgeries and a heart transplant – Bacha had developed a different kind of procedure.
Closing the holes, rather than doing a Fontan procedure, is"always the best option because the end result is a normal heart," Bacha told Fox News Digital. Instead of receiving the typical Fontan procedure, Maverick was able to travel to New York City, where Dr. Emile Bacha, at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, closed the holes in Maverick's heart.
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