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SWIMMING IS GREAT, BUT... - with MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

SWIMMING IS GREAT, BUT... - with MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

It's been a week since we came to our usual summer destination. True to her pattern of needing between five to seven days to adjust, our "blue kid" made peace with the Adriatic Sea being colder than her bath. Swimming is a great activity for Fontan

Single ventricle heart - how to fix it? (WITH VIDEOS)

Lessons Learned

Single ventricle heart - how to fix it? (WITH VIDEOS)

It takes three open heart surgeries to fix a single ventricle heart. The first two surgeries have to be done within the first few weeks and months of a baby's life, while the third one is usually performed some time between the age of 2 and 6 years.

Single ventricle heart - what does it mean?

Lessons Learned

Single ventricle heart - what does it mean?

Having a single ventricle heart is like winning a lottery - just, not the good kind. Defects where the heart pumps only with one functional ventricle are one of the most complex heart problems. But also - rare. According to Boston Children's Hospital, about five out of 100.

Here's to many more Christmases...

Here's to many more Christmases...

"The heartbeat is something so simple that we take it for granted. It's easy to forget how important it is until something goes wrong," said mom of a boy named Billy. They were part of December 2018 holidays' campaign to raise awareness about congenital heart

WATER INTAKE - with MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

WATER INTAKE - with MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

Children with single ventricle hearts should drink plenty of water throughout the day. But, what is plenty? I never gave it a second thought. Until recently. We visited a nephrologist to deal with our daughter's incontinence. After she successfully passed a computerized toilet test and some other check-ups,

ASPIRIN AND REYE SYNDROME - with MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

ASPIRIN AND REYE SYNDROME - with MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

Many kids (and adults) with a congenital heart defect take Aspirin for years. If there are no bleeding contraindications, many take it as a lifelong therapy. It is a very important drug as it prevents thromboembolic* complications. Vedenie kardiocentraNÚSCH, a.s.Embex - www.embex.sk MUDr. Martin Záhorec, PhD.

NESKORÁ DIAGNOSTIKA - with MUDr. Matej Nosál', PhD.

NESKORÁ DIAGNOSTIKA - with MUDr. Matej Nosál', PhD.

(in SK language) *MUDr. Matej Nosál', PhD., chief of cardiac surgery at the Children's Cardio Center in Bratislava, Slovakia, talked about a problem of lack of in-utero diagnosis of congenital heart defects in a recent podcast for www.preventivne.sk. Here's an excerpt. Ročne sa