2007-07-05 05:28:36 · 4 answers · asked by J S D 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
This will help you out:
In ASD surgery, the doctor repairs the hole with stitches or a patch made out of either surgical material or the body's own tissue. Eventually, the tissue of the heart heals over the patch or stitches. A kid may have to spend a few days in the hospital after surgery. Six months later, the hole should be completely sealed.
Another way to fix the hole is cardiac catheterization. This method uses a thin, flexible tube called a catheter. The cardiologist inserts the catheter into a blood vessel in the leg that leads to the heart. The cardiologist then guides the tube into the heart and inserts a device that covers the hole in the heart. The kid usually will spend a night at the hospital after the procedure. As with surgery, over time, the heart's natural tissue will grow to completely cover where the hole was.
Kids who have had surgery or cardiac catheterization will need to follow their doctors' instructions about taking it easy for a while. But after plenty of rest and healing time, kids with ASDs rarely have any further heart problems. Then ASD can stand for something else: awesome, super, and dazzling!
2007-07-05 06:39:45 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how they are doing it. If it is via a cardiac catheter it takes about 90mins. If it is an open procedure, then it involves cardiac bypass and will take more than 4 hours.
2007-07-05 08:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-08 05:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Four plus hours.
2007-07-05 06:34:45 · answer #4 · answered by mama woof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋