Ectopia cordis is an extremely rare condition in which babies are born with their hearts partially or fully outside their bodies. It tends to go hand-in-hand with other birth defects in the heart ...

Born with an extremely rare heart condition known as Ectopia cordis, Christopher's heart was exposed outside of his chest. His doctors said it is a condition so rare that out of every 1 million ...

The first case labeled as ectopia cordis—at least, the first case Tuck could find—was a child born in 1706 in Madrid, Spain. Another case study, published in BMJ Case Reports in 2012 ...

The unnamed newborn has ectopia cordis, which causes the vital organ to be either partially or fully outside of the chest. The baby was delivered at a hospital in Haryana, north India.

Their doctor diagnosed their daughter Kieran with ectopia cordis, a rare condition where ... had a vivid understanding of Kieran's anatomy in advance, which meant they could plan the surgery ...

Born with ectopia cordis, a rare congenital condition causing her heart to grow outside her body, the baby girl underwent three intensive surgeries to put her heart inside her chest. She is now on ...

A team of medical professionals at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK have successfully delivered Vanellope Hope Wilkins, an ectopia cordis patient who was born with a heart outside her body on ...

A similar ailment in humans is called ectopia cordis and affects about one in 126,000 births. Owner Mike Aquilina - known as AquaMike on Instagram - looks after the Albino Pinkbelly Sideneck at ...

The unusual condition is called ectopia cordis. She underwent the first surgery to put her heart back inside her body within in an hour of her birth. Dr. Nick Moore said the baby was in the ...

Three-week-old Vanellope Hope Wilkins, who was born with heart outside her body, has become the first baby in the UK to survive ectopia cordis - Representational image Christopher Furlong/Getty ...

Described by experts as "one of a kind", Vanellope had three operations to place her heart back in her chest due to an extremely rare condition called ectopia cordis. The hospital where she was ...