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#AsktheMayoMom about Pediatric Congenital Heart Defects
Event Date: October 20, 2016 | 2:30pm - 3:00pm CT
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My 18 month old son has Criss Cross heart in conjunction with DORV, ASD, VSD and pulmonary stenosis. He has had 3 OHS so far including PDA ligation, BT shunt and atrial septosomy and finally the Glen in Jan 2016 with Fontan planned for sometime in next 18 months. All treatment to date has taken place at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. As criss cross heart is so rare we have not been able to obtain much information as regards long term prognosis or possible further treatments post fontan. I would be interested to hear your experiences of treating this condition especially as regards future treatment/condition management. Many Thanks in advance.
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Hi, @hannahfgibson. Thank you for asking a question during our #AsktheMayoMom broadcast! We're sorry we didn't have time to answer your question during the broadcast. Here is a response from Dr. Dearani: It appears that your son is going down the treatment algorithm that ultimately results in the Fontan procedure. Anatomy of the criss cross heart is complex but the details of this are less critical if the decision has been made to go down the Fontan pathway. The surgery for the Fontan procedure (most often) is done without interfering with any of the internal anatomy of the heart.