Treatment of congenital heart disease in children

I don't know if you have heard of congenital heart disease in children. Congenital heart disease in children refers to a pediatric disease caused by genetics or any factors that affect the development of the heart embryo during the fetal period, which may cause heart malformations, such as the pregnant mother suffering from rubella. Congenital heart disease in children is a serious disease. So do you know the treatment of congenital heart disease in children? Can you explain it to everyone?

1. Patent ductus arteriosus. In principle, all children should undergo surgical treatment, that is, the catheter should be ligated or cut off. The ideal age for surgery is 4 to 15 years old. After the surgery, the murmur will disappear and the heart will gradually shrink to normal. However, infants with large blood shunt volume and frequent respiratory infections or heart failure should undergo surgery early. Patients with heart failure before surgery should have their heart failure actively controlled. In recent years, some people have tried to use oral indomethacin (prostaglandin E synthesis inhibitor) to treat patent ductus arteriosus in premature infants with success.

2. Ventricular septal defect: For children with small ventricular septal defect, except for typical murmurs in infancy, their growth and development, physical activity, electrocardiogram and chest X-ray examination are normal. They do not need surgical treatment, and children's activities and preventive injections should still proceed as usual. There is a possibility that the ventricular septal defect will close automatically. Larger defects require surgical treatment, and the appropriate age for surgery is 2 to 5 years old. For infants who are temporarily unable to undergo surgery, those with severe symptoms should first receive active medical treatment; if medical drug treatment is ineffective, early surgical treatment is preferred. If the symptoms are alleviated and have little impact on daily life, regular diagnosis and treatment can be given in the outpatient clinic, and surgical treatment can be performed when the patient is a little older. Whether to choose pulmonary artery ring ligation or defect repair depends on the severity of the disease, age, and the presence or absence of complications.

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