Is congenital heart disease in children easy to cure?

Congenital heart disease is a big blow to any family. Some parents who know their children have this disease feel hopeless when they hear the name of this disease. These friends really want to know if this disease can be cured. So today we are going to tell you, is congenital heart disease in children easy to cure?

Let us first understand what are the treatments for congenital heart disease in children:

There are many types of treatment, including surgical treatment, interventional treatment, and drug treatment. The choice of treatment method and when is the most appropriate for surgery should be based on the condition of the child, and the cardiologist should make recommendations based on the specific situation of the child. For those with no shunt or left-to-right shunt, timely surgery has good results and a better prognosis. For those with right-to-left shunt or complex malformations and more serious conditions, surgery is complicated and difficult. Some patients cannot be completely corrected due to the incomplete development of certain heart structures, and can only undergo palliative surgery to alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life.

The surgical method for congenital heart disease is mainly determined based on comprehensive factors such as the type of heart malformation and the degree of pathophysiological changes. The surgical methods can be divided into three categories: radical surgery, palliative surgery, and heart transplantation.

Interventional treatment can be roughly divided into two categories:

One type is to use balloon dilation to relieve the stenosis of blood vessels and valves, such as aortic valve stenosis, pulmonary valve stenosis, aortic coarctation, etc.

The other type is to use special occluders made of various memory metal materials to block unnecessary defects, such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, etc. Due to the advancement of medical technology and the continuous research and improvement of materials and processes,

Interventional therapy has been further developed in clinical applications at home and abroad. It can not only avoid the risks and trauma of thoracotomy, but also shorten hospital stay and accelerate recovery. It is a very effective treatment method. Interventional therapy has partially replaced but not completely replaced thoracotomy. This technology has strict indications.

Through the above treatment methods, the cure rate of congenital heart disease has made great progress in recent years, and the cure rate is also increasing. Now more than 75% of children have been cured through these treatments.