Children with congenital heart disease BEATRIZ G. PORTALATÍN 27/02/2017 05:37 SUMMARY: Diego is one of the 5,000 children born each year with congenital heart disease in Spain. Her parents, Javier and Diana tell us their story so that other parents in the...
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Children with congenital heart disease BEATRIZ G. PORTALATÍN 27/02/2017 05:37 SUMMARY: Diego is one of the 5,000 children born each year with congenital heart disease in Spain. Her parents, Javier and Diana tell us their story so that other parents in the same situation know how to act. Everything went well and Diego today can make a life "practically normal". He likes to play, run around and have fun with his friends like any child, except that he can not make big overeasures. "It is very important to always follow the indications of the pediatrician and the cardiologist," say their parents. Despite the good, that first intervention was not perfect and now they are waiting for a second to "rebuild well the valves, because on of them does not close as it should and Diego suffers from severe mitral regurgitation. " TEXT COMMENTARY: Like any father, Diana and Javier were hopeful to the ultrasound of the week 20 of pregnancy, that in which is observed in detail the anatomy of the
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