Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defects (CAVC)
What is it?
The heart for this defect has a hole in the middle of the heart were all four chambers are affected. This causes the blood in the middle of the heart to mix and causes the blood to route through the heart the wrong way.
What affect does it have on the body and the heart?
Since the blood mixes in the middle of the heart, the extra blood could be pumped to the lungs or the arteries. This causes damage to the lungs and starts to sometimes conjust the lungs.
The canal can be fixed with an open-heart surgery. The doctors will be able to patch it up, but unlike most Septal defects this defect can’t close up on it’s own. Medicine may be used to prevent the symptoms, but it would heal the damage in the lungs
What’s in the future and are there limitations?
If the patch has been put in and the hole is healed then children won’t have any limitations, although you may have to check with your doctor. After surgery you will have to regularly check with your doctor and sometimes you may need more surgeries.
The heart for this defect has a hole in the middle of the heart were all four chambers are affected. This causes the blood in the middle of the heart to mix and causes the blood to route through the heart the wrong way.
- What causes it?
- Most people don’t know what causes this defect in the heart, but many children who have down syndrome are also diagnosed with this heart defect.
What affect does it have on the body and the heart?
Since the blood mixes in the middle of the heart, the extra blood could be pumped to the lungs or the arteries. This causes damage to the lungs and starts to sometimes conjust the lungs.
- How does affect the affected?
- Someone with CAVC may cause them to breathe faster and harder than normal. Babies with this defect, may have trouble feeding because the heart is having to work harder
The canal can be fixed with an open-heart surgery. The doctors will be able to patch it up, but unlike most Septal defects this defect can’t close up on it’s own. Medicine may be used to prevent the symptoms, but it would heal the damage in the lungs
What’s in the future and are there limitations?
If the patch has been put in and the hole is healed then children won’t have any limitations, although you may have to check with your doctor. After surgery you will have to regularly check with your doctor and sometimes you may need more surgeries.