On September 10, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital informed that the unit's doctors had just successfully intervene with a patient named T (14 years old, Can Tho City), with congenital heart disease at the second ventricular congenital heart disease.
According to the hospital, before being hospitalized, T was examined at a medical facility and advised on treatment using open heart surgery.
However, open heart surgery is a major surgery, often leaving a scar on the chest and requiring a long recovery time. Worried about this and wanting to learn more about treatment methods, the family took T to the hospital for an in-depth examination.
At the hospital, through Doppler's ultrasound, doctors determined that the child with atherosclerosis with a drug defect size could be treated with skin-on-the- back with closed, less invasive procedures without breast opening.
The team of the Department of Cardiology - Endovascular Intervention performed a procedure to completely closed the bilateral pineal hole for T for about 45 minutes. Thus, T did not need to undergo open heart surgery. After the procedure, T's health was stable, he recovered quickly and was discharged for outpatient check-up after 24 hours.
MSc. Dr. Quach Tan Dat - Deputy Head of the Department of Cardiology, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital - said that the good news is that not all cases of atherosclerosis require open heart surgery.
With modernCP interventions, many pediatric patients can avoid major surgeries, ensuring aesthetics and long-term quality of life. This is a safe, less invasive method, suitable for many patients, especially children and adolescents.
