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[/]: United Kingdom reported that most of the human heart, if more than one hole, then obviously face deadly danger. However United Kingdom Baby Charlotte · Litchfield heart in a "great vulnerability", but to save her life!
Mother Makati and Charlotte
Now 30 years old, Kati · Richfield and 30-year-old husband Nick lives in the United Kingdom South London Croydon city. Last year, when Kati found himself conceives pregnant, the couple feel excited, because this will be their first child. Pregnant Kati accepted a series of pregnancy examination, the doctor found her womb fetuses for no apparent anomalies or defects.
Last November, Richfield couple daughter Charlotte Jonathan, but less than 24 hours, Makati and husband Nick found "she does not drink milk, and the skin begins to blue. ”
Doctor immediately on the Baby Charlotte carried out the emergency check, they shocked to discover that Charlotte heart on two main vessel — aorta and pulmonary, should grow upside down wrong! this rare cases called "transposition of", it means that the oxygen from the lungs into the blood cannot, aorta and therefore there is no way to supply to the body's vital organs.
However the doctor then found that suffer from "transposition of" Charlotte should soon died as a result of blood oxygen, could not possibly live up to a maximum of 24 hours. So why is she still survive?
Medical scan found that segmentation Charlotte right ventricular wall of the "heart", turned out to be a major loophole, ordinary people's heart if the hole, will immediately cause life-threatening. But the hole instead of the formation of Charlotte's life in danger, but let her lungs oxygenated blood to leak into her aorta, thus miraculously saved her life! Charlotte this miraculous survival probability, only 100 000.
When Charlotte was born 10 days after the experts on her practice as long as 6 hours of cardiac arterial switch operation, so that her blood can flow through the heart correctly. Surgery experts then use a typically used to make waterproof raincoat Gortex materials, repair of good Charlotte heart wall of the "great vulnerability".
Today, Charlotte has had a 1-year-old birthday, doctor determine her has been completely restored to health. Kati says: "she is very healthy, just like other children have a strong appetite. Her heart loopholes enable her to live can be operated in the moment, we are always grateful for this. When she grew up, we will tell her heart with a hole is so lucky. ”
Responsible for the implementation of Charlotte cardiac surgery surgery expert David · Anderson said: "when Charlotte was born, her heart in the hole to help her survive. If she's in vivo hypoxia, so she immediately caught in great trouble. We fix a hole in her heart, and switch the main artery of her wrong. She is all very well, we're very excited that we hope she will be able to lead a normal life. ”
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