Congenital Heart Defects (Congenital Heart Diseases): Treatments

are problems with the heart‘s structure that are present at birth.

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Treatments for Congenital Heart Defects (Congenital Heart Diseases)

Although many children who have don’t need , some do. Doctors repair congenital heart defects with procedures or surgery.

Sometimes doctors combine and surgical procedures to repair complex defects, which may involve several kinds of defects.

The your child receives depends on the type and severity of his or her defect. Other factors include your child’s age, size, and general health.

Some children who have complex may need several or surgical procedures over a period of years, or they may need to take medicines for years.

Procedures

procedures are much easier on patients than surgery. They involve only a needle puncture in the where the catheter (thin, flexible tube) is inserted into a or an .

Doctors don’t have to surgically open the or operate…