How to treat ventricular septal defect in children

Children with ventricular septal defect can be treated by general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment and other ways.

1, general treatment

for small ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular structure, pulmonary artery pressure, cardiac function examination is not abnormal usually do not need special treatment, regular follow-up review, to prevent infectious endocarditis.

2, drug treatment At

present there is no drug can directly treat ventricular septal defect, but under the guidance of doctors can use digoxin, spironolactone, captopril and other drugs to reduce myocardial congestion, improve the patient's cardiac output, reduce the left ventricular load.

3, surgical treatment If children

with ventricular septal defect repeated lung infection, generally can be relieved by ventricular septal defect repair, so that patients return to normal life.