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===The Heart=== | |||
Health issues often arise in people born with Down syndrome. Nearly half of all children born with Down syndrome suffer from complications with their hearts. Children born with heart problems often have their disease divided into three categories: Atrioventricular septal defects, Ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD), or patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and other complex heart diseases. [http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/disease/syndrome/down.htm] | |||
Atrioventricular septal defect is when the heart does not fully develop. This condition occurs primarily in children with Down syndrome. Fifteen to twenty percent of all newborn Down syndrome children are born with this disease.[http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/heart-encyclopedia/anomalies/avsd.htm] Atrioventricular septal defects occur when the endocardial cushion does not fully develop into the atrial septum, ventricular septum, or the AV valves. This will cause there to be a hole in the heart, differentiating in severity. [http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/476/main.html] | |||
Ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, and patent ductus arteriosus are all forms of congenital heart disease were holes have formed in the heart. Ventricular septal defect is when a hole forms between the two lower chambers of the heart, also known as the ventricles. Ventricular septal defect is sometime treated by heart surgery, but often that isn’t needed because it I common for the hole to close on its own. [http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11066] Atrial septal defect is the formation of a hole between the upper chambers of the heart, the atria. Atrial septal defect is normally treated successfully with very little complications.[http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/asd.html]lastley, patent ductus arteriosus is a condition that occurs after the child has been born. In a normal child, the aorta and the pulmonary artery are connected by the ductus ateriosus. The ductus ateriosus closes soon after birth in a normal child, but in some cases it remains open. Patent ductus arteriosus can be treated with an operation, but sometime the blood vessel will eventually close on its own.[http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/pda/pda_what.html] | |||
Other complex heart conditions that arise in children with Down syndrome involve Tetralogy of Fallot and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Tetralogy of Fallot is a complex heart condition. It is when the heart forms a Ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis (a blockage to the lungs), and the aorta lies directly over the hole in the heart. This causes oxygenated and non oxygenated blood to mix together and flow throughout the body. This disease can be successfully treated with heart surgery. [http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11071] Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome is a serious condition where the heart remains underdeveloped. Blood is not properly pumped through the heart. The only treatment for this complex heart disease is a heart transplant or an operation.[http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1353] | |||
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