What is Nikaidoh procedure?
The Nikaidoh procedure is a surgery that can be used to correct congenital heart defects, such as double outlet right ventricle (DORV) or transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with narrowing of the pulmonary valve (stenosis).
What causes transposition of the great arteries?
Transposition of the great arteries occurs during pregnancy when the baby’s heart is developing. The cause is most often unknown. To understand transposition of the great arteries, it may be helpful to know how the heart typically pumps blood.
What is transposition of the great arteries?
Español (Spanish) Dextro-Transposition (pronounced DECKS-tro trans-poh-ZI-shun) of the Great Arteries or d-TGA is a birth defect of the heart in which the two main arteries carrying blood out of the heart – the main pulmonary artery and the aorta – are switched in position, or “transposed.”
What is Norwood procedure for left hypoplastic heart?
Babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome need the Norwood procedure because their left ventricle and aorta are too small to pump blood to the body. The Norwood procedure lets the right ventricle pump blood to the body (usually it only pumps blood to the lungs).
What is intracardiac baffle?
Background Intracardiac baffles and extracardiac conduits have been used in the reconstructive surgery of a broad spectrum of congenital cardiac malformations. Periodic evaluation of these structures may not lend itself readily to echocardiographic and angiographic imaging.
What is the life expectancy of a child with HLHS?
Most infants die within the first two weeks of life, with an average age at death of 4.5 days (31,33,34). Some patients with HLHS, however, can survive beyond sixty days, without any surgical intervention through the development of pulmonary hypertension (8,33).
What is the survival rate of hypoplastic left heart syndrome?
Studies have shown 1-year survival for HLHS ranges from 20% to 60%,3–9 with relatively stable 5-year, 10-year, and 15-year survival of ~40%.
Is HLHS curable?
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is treated through several surgical procedures or a heart transplant. Your child’s doctor will discuss treatment options with you. If the diagnosis has been made before the baby is born, doctors usually recommend delivery at a hospital with a cardiac surgery center.