FDA approves new heart device that can treat the smallest babies

Each year nearly 12,000 very low birthweight babies are born with a common heart defect that needs immediate attention.Now the FDA has approved a new device that can treat the tiniest babies.Twins Irie and Judah Felkner from Columbus were both 12 weeks early. Irie, born at just 1 pound 13 ounces, had a heart defect known as a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). “I was honestly truly scared that we were not going to bring her home,” their mother Crissa Felkner said.A PDA is a potentially