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The large majority of infants and children with atrioventricular (AV) septal defects will have signs and symptoms that their heart is not pumping blood normally, and they will need surgery to fix the defect. The surgeon will operate to close the holes in the septa using patches and to divide the central, or common, valve into two valves, one on the right and one on the left.

The details of the surgery will depend on how severe your child’s defect is and will be planned to meet your child’s needs.

If your child has heart failure, they may need other treatment to help their heart work in addition to the surgery.

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Winter 2010: Good Growing Newsletter

In This Issue

  • Watch computer use
  • Getting enough vitamin D?
  • Support your babysitter
  • Is it a cold or the flu?

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Blythe Thomson, MD, pediatric oncologist, discusses findings from a Seattle Children’s study that looked at outcomes for youth who participated in a clinical trial for ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia), compared with those who did not participate in trials. For more information, please see the associated press release.

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