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How Serious Is An ASD Of 1cm In A Child?
My baby is 20 months old and weighs 10.2 kg. Last week on a routine check Pediatrician could hear a murmur in her heart and referred her to a cardiologist. There she had an echocardiogram in which an ASD of 1cm is detected. Is there any chance for the ASD to close b itself ?or we have to go for a treatment? Is there anthing to worry about? In my and my husband s family there is no history of any such heart diseases. We are very much worried and planning to consult a pediatric cardiologist as soon as possible.
Mon, 4 Apr 2016
hi,
welcome to this forum.
Can understand your concern.
ASD is an a acyanogic congenital heart disease. There are two types of ASD, one is vascular and other is muscular.
The secondary type of atrial septal defect, usually closes as a child grows. While membranous atrial septal defect does not closes.
An Eco cardiography, should be done at 6 monthly interval, to know whether the atrial septal defect is closing or not. If the atrial septal defect is closing, then there are chances that it will fully closed after a certain age.
In my opinion, you should do echocardiography which will tell us about the type of atrial septal defect.
For the treatment, we depend on the ego cartographic Test .
I hope this will help you.
Take care.
Regards, Dr Deepak Patel
welcome to this forum.
Can understand your concern.
ASD is an a acyanogic congenital heart disease. There are two types of ASD, one is vascular and other is muscular.
The secondary type of atrial septal defect, usually closes as a child grows. While membranous atrial septal defect does not closes.
An Eco cardiography, should be done at 6 monthly interval, to know whether the atrial septal defect is closing or not. If the atrial septal defect is closing, then there are chances that it will fully closed after a certain age.
In my opinion, you should do echocardiography which will tell us about the type of atrial septal defect.
For the treatment, we depend on the ego cartographic Test .
I hope this will help you.
Take care.
Regards, Dr Deepak Patel
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