Recently, the Shanghai Yuanda cardiothoracic hospital for a rare success in patients with severe Ebstein Auntie Zhang successful implementation of the correction surgery, postoperative Zhang aunt completely out of five years of chest tightness, shortness of breath, cold and other difficulties, and lived a normal life.

Chest tightness, shortness of breath, a delay that is 5 years

According to Zhang aunt say, five years ago, a busy day, a sudden its as good as coming from the rain and cold for her “lasting bonds”, in order to rush in the harvest of rice threshing floor, she and her husband attend to grab a meal literally down in the rain received more than a dozen before Tam rice into the back room, busy for several days, Zhang aunt was again a big rain-fed a “cool”, suddenly fell ill.

Well, after a cold, Zhang aunt but could not work in. “Well, after fighting that cold, it can no longer do heavy work, and occasionally busy time, will be chest tightness shortness of breath, chest discomfort is not on the gas kick!” Zhang aunt told us recall five years ago, that periods of heavy rain That field harvest, are vivid.

During the low season, after Zhang aunt fail to beat their recalcitrant husbands, to the City Hospital made a full medical examination. Physical examination, the doctor finished color Doppler ultrasound for Zhang aunt, suspecting that she had a congenital heart disease and recommended that its to big cities for further diagnosis. As the low income family, after her husband pleaded unsuccessfully several times, the doctor’s recommendations also have been slowly been shelved down, did not expect that this “resting” is 5 years.

Coin-sized “holes”, 5-year delay has become a big cans “hole”

Late last year, because of chest tightness, shortness of breath symptoms get worse, Zhang aunt with his family doctor many, many hospitals are complex because of illness, surgery is difficult, risky and refused to surgery. March 19, 2009, after making inquiries after the aunt Chang ambitious mind straight to the hospital in Shanghai. Of preoperative examination, echocardiography showed: Congenital heart disease, atrial septal defect, Ebstein malformation. Belongs to a very serious heart disease, must pass surgery.

Surgical team of professionals

“Ebstein malformation is a very rare congenital heart malformation. Also known as Ebstein malformation. Present data show that the incidence of congenital heart disease accounted for 0.5 ~ 1%. The general downward movement of the degree of tricuspid valve deformity 1.5 cm, the patients with deformity due to a longer time, has reached down around 7cm. Ebstein, just like a door, door-axis no longer the same straight line, the bottom of the door shaft has seriously deviated from the of this line, we have to do this is through surgical fans ‘door’ fix, so that ‘the door’ to switch freely! “Auntie Chang performed the surgery for the great heart of the Shanghai Hospital, Dr. Feng Xiaodong, director of cardiac surgery is the image of our described the surgery to achieve results. When I asked whether it can use, “Kong” and the “hole” to describe Ebstein, the Feng Xiaodong smiled and explained: “Here with the ‘hole’ or ‘hole’ to describe is inaccurate and can only be said to be a kinds of deformities. “Speech in the invariably reveals a serious and rigorous academic experts.

One operation to achieve the best therapeutic effect on the

Auntie Chang’s condition due to a rare, long history, Ebstein level has been very severe and associated with atrial septal defect. Because heart disease, Zhang aunt had been without their own children, own a child, is the biggest dream alive Auntie Chang, ordinary palliative surgery and heart valve replacement can not fully achieve the desired therapeutic effect, without a full correction, Zhang Auntie, this dream may never be achieved. Therefore, after careful preoperative discussion, Feng Xiaodong, director decides to implement the correction procedure, generally after surgery to achieve the best therapeutic effect.

After intense preoperative preparation, from Dr. Feng Xiaodong, director of cardiac surgery, the surgical team led by Zhang aunt carried out general anesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass correction of Ebstein malformation of atrial septal defect surgery due to preoperative preparation and discussion of work is very full the surgery was very successful. “The operation was very smooth, basically meeting the expectations of our results of operations.” Feng Xiaodong, director of surgery said in an interview, “now let’s hospital to carry out such an extremely rare severe heart surgery, Putting aside the surgery itself, how difficult it can be successfully conduct, has represented a high degree. ”

Mo seek medical treatment for illness, minor ailments not be underestimated

The interview, Feng Xiaodong, director told reporters: “With the disease as early as possible should be treated early disease prevention, prevention opportunities; sick as early as governance is not to late to remedy the situation. Heart disease prevention and treatment of the key is ‘early’. such as the common cold like the small problems sometimes do not take it lightly, do not think that small defects do not heal without checking, such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, fatigue, like the small problems, and sometimes may be some heart performance. “