How to intervene patent ductus arteriosus?

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Mr. Wang has a lively and healthy daughter named coco. She was just in the middle class of kindergarten. Sometimes the teacher would bring her to our classroom to play. Her little sister always smiles very lovably. But I heard other teachers say that her brother has a congenital cardiovascular malformation, which seems to be called patent ductus arteriosus. It's a disease brought about by her mother, This disease must be cured by surgery, but it seems that this disease has strict requirements on the age of patients, and can not be done when they are too young. Let's take a look at the following.

How to intervene patent ductus arteriosus?

First: the ductus arteriosus is actually when the fetus is in the mother's stomach, because the pulmonary function is not complete at that time, and the ductus arteriosus is the normal blood flow channel between the pulmonary artery and aorta, and patent ductus arteriosus is a common congenital cardiovascular malformation. Its etiology is mainly due to heredity.

Second: patent ductus arteriosus surgery, the best operation time should be in the child's preschool. However, if there are some patients with serious diseases, the operation should be carried out in advance as appropriate, and if the patients are too old, the risk of operation will be increased, and there may be more postoperative complications.

Third: Generally speaking, patent ductus arteriosus, if diagnosed, should immediately choose the appropriate time for surgery, to interrupt the blood flow of the catheter. Now most patients with patent ductus arteriosus are cured by transcatheter intervention. But for premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus, thoracotomy and suture can be used.

matters needing attention

There are many complications in the operation of patent ductus arteriosus, including intraoperative massive hemorrhage and pseudoaneurysm. In fact, there are many examination methods, such as electrocardiogram, which can be used to diagnose patent ductus arteriosus during prenatal examination; There are many ways to distinguish patent ductus arteriosus.