Treatment of heart defects abroad is more effective, especially in very young patients. They are cured in 95% of cases.
Diagnosis of heart defects abroad
Diagnostics. Diagnostic equipment is available abroad that detects a heart defect even before the birth of a child: ultrasound scanning, cardiotocography, echocardiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. A preliminary diagnosis provides information about the prospects of a child's recovery after birth. In this case, the woman has a choice: to terminate the pregnancy or not.
Methods of treatment of heart defects abroad
Both congenital malformations in children and acquired malformations are operated on in the same way. The type of surgical intervention depends on the defect. In open-heart surgery, the surgeon sews holes or, conversely, dissects fused valves, expands the lumen of blood vessels and valves. In case of serious valve abnormalities, they are replaced with silicone or biological prostheses made from donor tissue or animal hearts.
Minimally invasive operations are also used. For example, to dilate blood vessels or valve openings, one puncture is made in the femoral artery. Microscopic balloons are brought through the catheter to the necessary vessels and inflated, expanding them.
Treatment of heart defects in children
Treatment of heart disease abroad, as well as diagnosis, can begin during pregnancy. The mother is injected with drugs that equalize the fetal heart rate, vitamins and enzymes for the heart muscle. This is necessary in order to reduce the risks of complications after the operation that the child will have.
After the birth of the child, they urgently operate. If the defect is not so life-threatening and does not threaten to delay development, the operation can be postponed for several years.
If the defect is simple, you can operate on the baby in the womb. A catheter is inserted into the fetal heart through the umbilical artery of the mother, and the surgeon sews or widens the necessary openings and ducts.
