Patient's question:
Six months pregnant, the first examination was normal. How is it that after four weeks, the follow-up examination still shows a heart shunt? I want to know how serious this is and what should be done?Doctor's answer:
Congenital heart disease is one of the two most common types of congenital malformations. Based on hemodynamics combined with pathological and physiological changes, it can be classified into four categories:1. No shunt type.
2. Left-to-right shunt type.
3. Right-to-left shunt type.
I don’t know which type your baby falls into among the above categories. The onset of congenital heart disease may be associated with factors such as intergenerational inheritance, especially chromosomal translocations and abnormalities, intrauterine infections, high-dose radiation exposure, and medications.