Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome
Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome has multiple reasons for why it occurs. The first reason can be changes in the babies’ genes or chromosomes; another reason could be because what environment the mother comes in contact with or even the food she digests (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). This will affect the baby majorly later in life. The child will not be able to play any sports that involve physical contact like football, soccer, wrestling, boxing, etc. He or she will also need to drink double the amount of water a day, because they get dehydrated easily. When a baby has Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome the parents have a decision to make, either a heart transplant or have three surgeries. The first surgery is called the Norwood procedure, the second is called Bi-directional Glenn Shunt Procedure, and the last surgery is called Fontan procedure. The chance of surviving has increased over the years. During the first surgery I had a 30% chance of living but over the next two surgeries the odds of living became greater. Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome is a serious heart condition that is affecting babies everyday.
One reason a child might be born with Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome is changes in the baby’s genes or chromosomes. This reason can be because of a combination of genes. Another reason can be the environment the mother is in or what she eats and drinks (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome (HPLHS) can be diagnosed during pregnancy or right after the baby is born (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). The way it can be diagnosed during pregnancy is if the mother has certain screening tests. These tests can detect birth d...
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... There are many reasons on why this occurs. The syndrome affects the baby later in life majorly. One of the affects are that the child will not be able to play sports that involve physical contact. The child will also need to drink double the amount of water to keep fully hydrated. If the baby has HPHLH the parents have the decision to have a heart transplant or have the three open-heart surgeries. The surgeries will stop when the baby is 3 years old. The chance of survival for a baby has increased over the years.
Another surgery is becoming more and more public. That type of surgery is called bioprinting. This will allow researchers to print human tissue that can replace the current organ. The UK printing company and a US human tissue making company has teamed up and are now making 3D printed organs. This will become an actual surgery in a decade or more.
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“Hypoplastic left heart syndrome accounts for 9% of all critically ill newborns with congenital cardiac disease, causing the largest number of cardiac deaths in the first year of life.(2) ” HLHS is a severe heart defect that is present at birth. HLHS combines different defects that result in an underdeveloped left side of the heart. This syndrome is one of the most challenging and difficult to manage of all of the congenital heart defects. Multiple portions on the left side of the heart are affected including the left ventricle, the mitral and aortic valve, and the ascending aorta. These structures are greatly reduced in size, or completely nonexistent causing the functionality of the left heart to be reduced, or non-functional all together.
There are four different categories of treatment: lifestyle changes, surgical procedures, non-surgical procedures, and medications. Lifestyle changes include having a healthy diet; increasing physical activity; eliminating cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, and illicit drugs; and getting enough rest and sleep; losing excess weight. These lifestyle changes are to lower the patient’s blood pressure, cholesterol, and reducing any other future medical conditions. There are also surgical options to help cure, prevent, or control cardiomyopathy. Surgical method include a septal myectomy, surgically implanted devices, and a heart transplant. A septal myectomy is used to specifically treat hypertrophy cardiomyopathy which is where the heart muscle cells enlarge and cause the walls of the ventricles to thicken. The thickening of the walls may not affect the size of the ventricles but instead may affect the blood flow out of the ventricle. Usually along with the ventricles swelling, the septum in between the ventricles can become enlarged and block the blood flow causing a heart attack. When medication is not working well to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a surgeon will open the chest cavity and remove part of the septum that is blocking blood flow. Surgically implanted devices include a pacemaker, a cardiac resynchronization therapy device, a left ventricular assist device, and an implantable
.... Tetralogy of Fallot occurs during fetal growth when the baby’s heart is developing. In most cases the cause of this disease is unknown.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited disease that affects the cardiac muscle of the heart, causing the walls of the heart to thicken and become stiff. [1] On a cellular level, the sarcomere increase in size. As a result, the cardiac muscles become abnormally thick, making it difficult for the cells to contract and the heart to pump. A genetic mutation causes the myocytes to form chaotic intersecting bundles. A pathognomonic abnormality called myocardial fiber disarray. [2,12] How the hypertrophy is distributed throughout the heart is varied. Though, in most cases, the left ventricle is always affected. [3] The heart muscle can thicken in four different patterns. The most common being asymmetrical septal hypertrophy without obstruction. Here the intraventricular septum becomes thick, but the mitral valve is not affected. Asymmetrical septal hypertrophy with obstruction causes the mitral valve to touch the septal wall during contraction. (Left ventricle outflow tract obstruction.) The obstruction of the mitral valve allows for blood to slowly flow from the left ventricle back into the left atrium (Mitral regurgitation). Symmetrical hypertrophy is the thickening of the entire left ven...
defects. They will remain in intensive care for weeks or months after their birth. Their
(Slide 2) What is Cardiomyopathy? If we break down the word we can see “Cardio” which means of the heart, “myo” which means muscle, and “pathy” which means disease, therefore cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle. (Slide 3) There are 3 main types of cardiomyopathies; hypertrophic, dilated, and restrictive. I will only be discussing dilated cardiomyopathy, which is characterized by the enlargement of the hearts chambers with impaired systolic function. It is estimated that as many as 1 of 500 adults may have this condition. Dilated cardiomyopathy is more common in blacks than in whites and in males than in females. It is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in children and it can occur at any age (CDC).
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In the US, everyday 22 people die waiting on the transplant list. Every 10 minutes another person is added to the transplant waiting list. As of 2015, 122, 071 people where on the transplant list and out of all those people only 30,973 got a transplant (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). More people are dying waiting for transplants than there are receiving transplants. People all over the world are looking for ways we can fabricate organs that can be used for transplants. There have been multiple studies done on diverse organs such as kidneys, pancreases, and anal sphincters.
This could cause rash decisions made by the mother and consideration of abortion due to any possible birth defects.
Therefore, when there is not much that can be done, parents blame the facility instead of their own lack of care for their child’s abnormality. Yet, this is a post hoc fallacy because it is not the physician that caused the heart abnormality, but rather the environmental and genetic factors the fetus was exposed to. Physicians make a judgement on the best way to cure or minimize the defect. As there are increasing technology, the world still has a long ways to go to completely trace the defect during early gestation and find a
The field of bioprinting, using 3D printing technology for producing live cells with extreme accuracy, could be the answer to many of the problems we as humans face in the medical field. It could be the end to organ waiting lists and an alternative for organ transplants. In 3D printing technology lies the potential to replace the testing of new drugs on animals. However, the idea of applying 3 dimensional printing to the health industry is still quite new and yet to have a major impact. Manufacturing working 3D organs remains an enormous challenge, but in theory could solve major issues present today.
First, I’ll attempt to explain which methods and procedures will be the future of modern medicine. The procedures that will be the future of modern medicine currently fall into the realms of taboo and fictional. These procedures encompass every aspect of medical science from exploration of the human body, curing of diseases, to improving a person’s quality of life. Many of these procedures are not very well known while a few have been in the spotlight. These procedures are; cloning, nano-robotics, retro-viruses, and genetic manipulation via gene-specific medications. For any serious breakthroughs in modern medical science we must embrace these new forms of treatment instead of shying away from them.