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my 2 month old baby has a 7.6mm ASD and 4.5mm Vsd in heart. Can you pls recommend the treatment for the same. would medication help to close the holes or do we need any surgerical procedure?

Thanks for the query.. Your child has moderate sized VSD and ASD.She is only 2 months old and must have become symptomatic to have diagnosed above heart disease.Let me tell you that medicines do not close these heart defects but only control and prevent heart failure and improve symptoms.Moderate sized VSD around 30% may close with time but it depends on pulmonary pressures.if child does not improve on decongestive medicines which you must be giving and fails to gain weight then surgical interv ...

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