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Newborn baby hole in heart VSD
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My 15 day old kid has been diagnosed with hole in heart VSD. strangely no scan was able to detect it.
Doctor has said need to wait for couple of months and we may have to go for surgery as the hole is less likely to close on its own.
I'm tensed about his future, the surgery complications. Wondering if any alternative against surgery.
Please guide.
Thanks
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Expert echocardiogram
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surgery after few months if strongly indicated
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The advice is appropriate.As per the echo the location of this defect usually does not close by itself. However the size of defect is not considerable...we have to wait for a few months or years...keep reviewing symptoms and repeat echo and then decide about need and timing of surgery. Even surgery if needed in present times the outcomes are very good.So don't worry from now. For further clarification kindly consult online directly.
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Dr. Ajeya N. Ukadgaonkar
Cardiologist
8 yrs exp
Aurangabad
Hello,
I would advice the same. The surgery success rate is very high and the baby won’t have any issues in future after a successful surgery
Take care
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Dr. Dhanapal
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48 yrs exp
Chennai
Small muscular vsd usually closes this outlet vsdsneeds surgery pl observe
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the outcome of of surgery are good
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