Weaving Indigenous Textile Art Into Cardiac Devices

Alexandra HeathAlexander J. JavoisFranz Freudenthal2026-03-222026-03-22201810.1001/jama.2018.0387https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.0387https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/52668Citaciones: 2This Arts and Medicine essay describes how indigenous Aymara women in La Paz, Bolivia, are using traditional weaving techniques and patterns to create cardiac devices for occlusion of large congenital heart defects in children.enWeavingMedicineIndigenousThe artsTextileTextile designVisual artsWeaving Indigenous Textile Art Into Cardiac Devicesarticle