Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Health Feed

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle that makes it difficult for your heart to pump blood to the rest of your body. Cardiomyopathy can lead to heart failure.

Types -

Dilated: Heart muscle become weak and subsequently dilate which impair the pumping capacity. It can occur at any age but commonly in middle age and in men. Most common cause is heart attack.

Hypertrophic: Heart muscle thickened specially muscle of main pumping chamber. Disease is more severe if ...more

An Atrial Septal Defect is present at birth (congenital heart disease). The condition refers to a hole in the septum or walls (atrial septum) that separate the heart s upper chambers atria.
The heart of the fetus develops during pregnancy. Normally, there are several openings in the septum dividing the atria, which close during pregnancy or soon after birth. However, a hole is formed if one of the openings does not close, leading to atrial septal defect.
Due to a hole in the heart, blo...more

Complications in the heart valve occur when the functioning of the heart valve is impaired. Valves of the heart allow the blood in one direction and prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricles of the heart.
Heart valve diseases can be classified as follows:
1. Valvular stenosis:
This condition occurs when the valves of the heart do not open completely due to stiffness. As the opening is narrow, the heart has to work hard to pump blood. This condition may lead to heart fai...more

The cause of left atrial enlargemnt needs to be found in order to comment on seriousness. Please post your detailed report of 2d echocardiography.

Your future management depends upon your symptoms and 2decho findings.
If both are normal, then just yearly ct for aortic measurements.

Complications in the heart valve occur when the functioning of the heart valve is impaired. Valves of the heart allow the blood in one direction and prevent the blood from flowing back into the ventricles of the heart.
Heart valve diseases can be classified as follows:
1. Valvular stenosis:
This condition occurs when the valves of the heart do not open completely due to stiffness. As the opening is narrow, the heart has to work hard to pump blood. This condition may lead to heart fai...more

Aortic valve stenosis is a heart condition in which the valve to the biggest artery- the one which provides oxygen-rich blood to our body, called aorta, is narrowed. This prevents the valve from opening fully, obstructing the blood flow from your heart into your body.

When the aortic valve doesn t open, your heart needs to work harder to pump blood to your body making the heart muscle weak. If left undiagnosed aortic stenosis is fatal.

Symptoms

These symptoms should sp...more

Your age needs to be told to discuss the medical issues. Based on the vague description you have given, the spikes of chest pain are common where 1 spike of chest pain lasts for 1 sec and the interval between 2 spikes is around 15- 20 mins.

Valvar aortic stenosis, commonly called aortic stenosis, is a disorder which occurs when the aortic valve of the heart becomes narrow. The narrowing of the valve prevents its full opening, and hence, blood flow from the heart to the aorta is restricted. When the aortic valve gets obstructed, the heart has to exert much more effort to pump the blood. The heart muscles get weakened as a result. This condition is more common in children.

Diagnosis of Valvar Aortic Stenosis:
Before diag...more