Question 1

what are the imaging signs and symptoms of congenital heart defects?

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Depends: It depends on the defect but ekg and echo will pick up almost all. The specific signs and symptoms depend entirely on what the defect is. Many have no symptoms or symptoms that only develop later in life.

Question 2

what athe most common congenital heart defects?

Accepted Answer

VSDs.: Ventricular septal defects are by far the most common congenital cardiac defects.

Question 3

i think my child may have congenital heart defects. what would that mean?

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A number of things: The prognosis for children with congenital heart defects really depends on the exact nature of the defect.  Some are easily correctable by surgery, some don't need surgery at all and others need a series of more complicated surgeries.  In any case keeping in close contact with your pediatrician and cardiologist is very important.  Good nutrition will help your child heal well.

Question 4

what is fontan operation in congenital heart defects?

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Fontan Procedure: The fontan is a surgery that connects the inferior venacava (ivc) to the pulmonary arteries.  The fontan is the final surgery for patients who have a single ventricle or single ventricle physiology.  This means that the blue blood, desaturated blood retruning to the heart is directed to the lungs without being pumped through the heart.

Question 5

can people with ?congenital heart defects?get tattoos?

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Yes: There should not be a problem.

Question 6

my mind is racing. what does it mean if a boy has congenital heart defects?

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Depends...: ...On what the disease is. Some are devastating, some are surgically correctable, and some get better without treatment and have no effect on longevity or health.

Question 7

what is the best? treatment for congenital heart defects or "holes in heart"?

Accepted Answer

Depends on where: Holes in the heart are defects in the walls separating the upper chambers or lower chambers. Some  will close on their own, some will stay open but are not associated with pathology and some need surgical correction.

Question 8

can there be a bright future for children born with heart defects such as congenital heart disease?

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Yes: Treatment options exist for almost every congenital heart defect, particularly if the child is otherwise healthy.  Milder forms will require no special care.  More severe forms will require surgical repair, or even multiple surgeries.  Even children born with only two out of four cardiac chambers have a increasingly favorable likelihood of growing to adulthood.

Question 9

can you explain which congenital heart defects produce mixing of oxygenated and unoxygenated blood and which ones increase ven?

Accepted Answer

It's complicated: The right side of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs; the left side pumps oxygenated blood to the body. Certain heart defects are characterized by holes between the left and right sides of the heart or between the lung arteries and the body's artery, allowing deoxygenated blood to flow from r-&gt;l (causing cyanosis) or oxygenated blood to flow from l-&gt;r (causing heart failure).

Question 10

are congenital heart defects hereditary?

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They can be.: Multifactorial inheritance is seen with most congenital defects (including cardiac), meaning they more likely to recur in future pregnancies if the first one is affected (or if the mother or father is affected). Obviously, syndromic cases will have stronger genetic inheritance and more mendelian vertical transmission.

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