LEFT-RIGHT SHUNT CONGENITAL CARDIOPATHY
Abstract:
Heart diseases with left to right shunting are the most frequent congenital heart diseases. All of them have in common the increase of pulmonary blood flow. Because of the abnormal communication between the heart cavities and vessels, the passage of the oxygenated blood from the systemic circulation into the pulmonary circulation increases. The evolution of congenital heart diseases is dominated by the irreversible alteration of the pulmonary blood vessels resulting in time, in fixed pulmonary hypertension. Medical discoveries, especially echocardiography combined with Doppler examination, and surgical progressions, that made possible corrective heart surgeries in younger ages, brought about better results in pediatric cardiology.
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