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This is the case study of one child/patient that was given a heart
surgery at ProCriança Cardiaca
Maria Eduarda Figueiredo Paraguai
- 30 days
Maria was first attended in January of 2005.
Patient presented with low weight of 2.9kg (6.4 lbs) and forced breathing
Diagnosis: patient presented with a wide interventricular communication
(IVC) † and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)‡.
Clinic treatment was initiated at this time.
In October, 2006 patient was submitted to cardiac surgery in conjunction
with extracorporeal circulation* for the correction of the IVC and concluded
without complications. After six days of hospital recuperation the patient
presents with an excellent general state of health and a cured heart.
†{What is interventricular communication? The heart is constituted of 4
cavities, two atria and two ventricles, aimed at ejecting blood toward the
arteries. The interventricular communication corresponds to the abnormal
passage of blood between the two ventricles (generally from the left
ventricle toward the right ventricle).
It is a malformation occurring during the making of the heart during
pregnancy (congenital disease) and generally disappears during the first
years of life. Sometimes, surgery is necessary to close this communication.}
‡{What is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)? is continuous high blood
pressure in the pulmonary artery. The average blood pressure in a normal
pulmonary artery is about 14 mmHg when the person is resting. In PAH, the
average is usually greater than 25 mmHg. PAH is a serious condition for
which there are treatments but no cure. Treatment benefits many patients.
The pulmonary arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood
from the right ventricle in the heart to the small arteries in the lungs.}
* { What is extracorporeal circulation? a diversion of blood flow through a
circuit located outside the body but continuous with the bodily circulation.}
Translated from the original Portuguese below
Maria Eduarda Figueiredo Paraguai - 30 dias
Primeiro atendimento em Janeiro de 2005.
Apresentava baixo peso 2,9 kg e esforço respiratório.
Diagnóstico – Comunicação inter ventricular ampla. Hipertensão Arterial
Pulmonar (CIV + HAP).
Iniciando tratamento clínico.
Em Outubro de 2006 foi submetida à cirurgia cardíaca com circulação extra
corpórea para correção da CIV. Sem complicação.
Alta após seis dias de internação. Apresenta excelente estado geral com seu
coração curado.