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Q&A with Australian Health Practitioners
Do children born with congenital heart disease continue to have problems as adults?
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Dr Sylvia Chen
Cardiologist (Heart Specialist)
Dr Sylvia Chen is a Cardiologist with expertise in: Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Perinatal cardiologist for pregnant women with heart disease Cardiac MRI … View Profile
It will depend on what the underlying heart abnormality was. Generally, the more complex the heart defect, the more likely it is that there may be complications later in life. Even the less simple heart defects may also lead to later problems.
Therefore, it is very important that children who have had congenital heart disease despite successful repair in childhood, must go for regular follow up with a congenital heart disease specialist, even in adulthood.Report this post
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Dr Bennett Franjic
Cardiologist (Heart Specialist)
Dr Bennett Franjic is a General Cardiologist with expertise in Echocardiography. He has special interest in Cardiomyopathy, Valvular Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension and Stress Echocardiography. Dr … View Profile
Most Congenital Heart problems need to be monitored throughout a patient's life.
Further problems may occur, and it is best to identify them early, before something urgent happens.Report this post
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