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Atrial Spetal Defect,Secundum Opening
My daughter is a pre-term baby,now 22 months,weighs 9.6kg,having Pigeon chest.Now the Paedeatrician found that she has Atrial Septal defect and the Secundum Opening is 16mm.How critical it is and is there any chance for Auto closure.need to do cathetral insertion immediately?
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Anand Nadkarni
General Physician
22 yrs exp
Pune
Can safely undergo corrective surgery
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Dr. Subrata Lahiri
Cardiologist
24 yrs exp
Delhi
No need to go for cardiac catheterisation. Most of them should close as the baby grows
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