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Comunicación interventricular - Prevención

Nombres alternativos

Defecto septal interventricular; Defecto del tabique ventricular

Prevención:

Esta afección se presenta siempre al nacer, excepto para el caso de ataque cardíaco asociado con comunicación interventricular.

El consumo de alcohol y el uso de los medicamentos anticonvulsivos Depakote y Dilantin durante el embarazo han sido asociados con un aumento de la incidencia de comunicación interventricular. Aparte de evitar estas dos cosas durante el embarazo, no se conoce otra forma de prevenir esta afección.

Corte transversal por el medio del corazón

Vista anterior del corazón

Defecto del tabique ventricular

Fecha de revisión: 12/10/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.; and Mark A Fogel, MD, FACC, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, Director of Cardiac MR, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo; WB Saunders; 2007.

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