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Single ventricle
Single ventricle describes the condition where wall normally separating the two bottom chambers of the heart is absent, creating one large chamber. This is a serious birth defect in the newborn child, and causes problems with the normal flow of blood through the heart.
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What are the tests for single ventricle?
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When can they diagnose a single ventricle?
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A 32-year old asked:
How do doctors diagnose if my child has a single ventricle?
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A 42-year old asked:
How early do you identify single ventricle in fetus?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is the procedure done to correct a single ventricle?
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A 31-year old asked:
If a child has a single ventricle why do they need a?sleep study?
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A 44-year old asked:
what is??the best treatment for a single ventricle heart defect?
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A 33-year old asked:
Where can we go to get the best treatment for single ventricle heart defect?
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A 44-year old asked:
1 weeks ultrasound done-detected with single ventricle problem, should I be concerned?
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A 46-year old asked:
Please help docs! Where can I get the best treatment for single ventricle heart defect?
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A 47-year old asked:
Daughter-in-law's 19 weeks ultrasound done-detected single ventricle. What is baby's problem?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can you explain the congenital heart defect problem know as a single ventricle?
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A 39-year old asked:
Will my child need a heart transplant if she only has a single ventricle?
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A 47-year old asked:
How dangerous is an enlarged ventricle?
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A 25-year old asked:
Are the chordae tendinae located in both ventricles?
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A 38-year old female asked:
What does it mean to have a "slightly" enlarged right ventricle ?
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A 49-year old female asked:
I had an angiogram and have been told i have stiff ventricles. What does that mean?
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A 23-year old female asked:
What does it imply to have asymetric lat. Ventricles and width of 3rd ventricle = 5mm ?
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A 46-year old asked:
What is the difference in thickness of the walls of the atria and the ventricles and why?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can you tell me what it means when on a fetus one of the ventricles is smaller than the other ventricle?
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A 33-year old female asked:
what is thw term for pvcs in both ventricles?
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A 45-year old asked:
Are chordae tendineae found in both ventricles?
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A 48-year old asked:
Hypoplastic right ventricle --can that occur?
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A 33-year old female asked:
is it.safe to exercise with pvcs in both ventricles?
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A 37-year old asked:
Does a child with a hypoplastic left ventricle need surgery?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the procedure to fix a double outlet right ventricle?
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A 41-year old asked:
What kind of condition is a double outlet right ventricle (D.O.R.V.)?
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A 25-year old asked:
What would damage to the chordae tendinae in the left ventricle result in?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is the result of damage to the chordae tendinae in the left ventricle?
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A 30-year old male asked:
What are the implications of left ventricle dystolic disorder (lvdd) stage 1?
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