MHV (mitral valve) is in my son, he got diagnosed with CAVSD, on anticoagulant every day and has had 3 major surgeries at 5-6 months of age. Now he is 16 months old, doing beautifully, developing nicely, his doses of anticoagulant is settled and he is tested in every 4 wks for INR, ECHO and ECG. He has 2 paravalvular leaks, both minimal that cause no problems. He was born at 42 wks, 3840g, 51cm, natural birth with no complications. All previous scans show no abnormality in his heart. I took no drugs, had no viral or any other infection at gestational 4-6 wks when the heart forming, noone in our families have any heart deficiency. I didn t work near any radiation and noone could tell me how come I have a healthy looking son with such chronic illness without any syndrome, any other health problems. Do you know how could this happen?
Hi, See there are genetic, environmental factors and sporadic factors or at best the congenital heart disease may have an ill-defined etiology. Once corrected early, if the other organ development is as par with a normal child, he should do well.  Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.