Cardiology Experts At Rush University Medical Center Successfully Use Unique Interventional Procedure To Save A Girl With A Very Rare Heart Defect

Seventeen-year-old Sara Abousuiony, who has been homebound since she was an infant, never imagined that she would be able to leave her home in Cairo, Egypt, and travel to the United States for a life-saving heart procedure. According to her mother Safa, "Sara would be connected to an oxygen mask all day to help her breathe when most young girls her age should be in school, hanging out with friends and enjoying her youth.