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Heart Surgery in Babies and Children

Ventricular Septal Defect

A Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) is a Hole (defect) in the wall (septum) separating the pumping chambers of the heart (the right and left ventricles). If there is a large hole in this septum (VSD), then blood from the left ventricle at a very high pressure enters the right ventricle- increases blood pressure in the lungs (Pulmonary Artery Hypertension- PAH). This leads to heart failure symptoms.

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Tetralogy Of Fallot

Tetralogy of Fallot is a common heart condition in children that are blue (cyanosis). It is a combination of four birth defects in the heart.Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a heart disease in children that are blue (cyanosis). There are four different problems in the heart

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Atrioventricular Canal Defects

AV Canal Defect (AVSD) is when the junction area between the Atria and Ventricle (upper and lower chambers of the heart) does not form- and these leads to three issues that need to be corrected by surgery

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Transposition of The Great Arteries

Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) is a common heart defect in newborns. Babies with this heart condition are very blue since birth and have fast breathing.

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Pectus Excavatum

In pectus excavatum (funnel chest) the sternum (breastbone- the bone in the middle of the chest) is depressed inwards, and the chest can be unequal/ asymmetrical- leading to an appearance of pushed inwards at one place and pushed outwards on the other side.

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Atrial Septal Defect

An atrial septal defect is a birth defect of the heart in which there is a hole in the wall (septum) that divides the upper chambers (atria) of the heart.

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Truncus Arteriosus

Truncus Arteriosus is a heart defect in which only one great artery comes out of the heart and supplies blood to the Body and the Lungs and there is also a VSD

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

In Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return- pulmonary veins ‘WRONGLY CONNECT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART’. Babies with this heart condition are blue since birth and have fast breathing, difficulty in feeding and poor weight gain

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Aortic Regurgitation Aortic Stenosis

There are two main types of aortic valve disease: Regurgitation occurs when the aortic valve doesn't close properly. This is also known as aortic insufficiency or a leaky aortic valve.

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Congenitally Corrected Transposition Of The Great Arteries (CCTGA)

(CCTGA) is a rare congenital heart lesion with varied morphological presentation and can often by asymptomatic.

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Single Ventricle Heart Defects

A single ventricle defect is a type of heart defect that a child is born with. It occurs when one of the two pumping chambers in the heart, called ventricles, isn't large enough or strong enough to work correctly.

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Rheumatic Fever And Rheumatic Heart Disease

A Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop when strep throat or scarlet fever isn't properly treated. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with streptococcus bacteria.

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Pulmonary Atresia

Pulmonary atresia is a heart defect present at birth (congenital) that's usually diagnosed soon after birth. In pulmonary atresia, the valve that lets blood out of the heart to go to the lungs (pulmonary valve) doesn't form correctly.

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a persistent opening between the two major blood vessels leading from the heart. The heart problem is present from birth. That means it is a congenital heart defect.

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Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From The Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA)

Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a congenital (present at birth) heart defect in which the left coronary artery arises abnormally from the pulmonary artery.

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Coarctation of The Aorta

Coarctation of the aorta is a birth defect in which a part of the aorta is narrower than usual. If the narrowing is severe enough and if it is not diagnosed, the baby may have serious problems and may need surgery or other procedures soon after birth.

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Double Outlet Right Ventricle

Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a rare congenital heart defect, meaning it's a condition a baby is born with. In DORV, the pulmonary artery and the aorta — the heart's two major arteries — both connect to the right ventricle.

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Ebstein’s Anomaly

In this heart condition, the attachments of the tricuspid valve to the heart are misplaced so that this valve sits more into the right ventricle than at the connection point of right atrium and right ventricle.

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Heart Block

A heart block is when the electrical impulses that control the beating of the heart muscle are disrupted. The most serious type of heart block known as a complete, or third degree, heart block will have symptoms, but often those with less serious heart block can have symptoms too.

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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart. As the baby develops during pregnancy, the left side of the heart does not form correctly.

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Interruption Of The Aortic Arch

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a structural heart defect characterized anatomically by a discontinuity (interruption) along the aortic arch. Depending on the site of discontinuity.

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Mitral Valve Defect

Mitral valve stenosis, shown in the heart on the right, is a condition in which the heart's mitral valve is narrowed.

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Vascular Ring

A vascular ring is a heart problem present at birth. That means it's a congenital heart defect. In this condition, part of the body's main artery or its branches form a ring around the windpipe, the food swallowing tube or both.

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