Does pregnancy after aortic ductus arteriosus surgery affect the baby?

  Patient: no specific symptoms in life,. He is only short in height and does not want to do too strenuous activities. After examination, he had a precordial heart and an unclosed aortic duct, which seemed to be 6 mm (or cm, I forget, the doctor said it could be operated or not.) In May 2002, I had a heart surgery in Qilu Hospital, and the post-operative result was good. But in the past two years, I felt some discomfort, especially when I slept at night, I often woke up in the middle of the night and found that the whole left side of my chest hurt vaguely, but not very much. As long as you turn over or put the pillow higher, the symptoms disappear, and when you get cold, your left chest feels sore, and you especially love to dream, every night, and wake up during the day, feeling very tired. I don’t want to do long trips, but there are no other symptoms. I hope you can help answer what is going on.  Wang Tao, Cardiac Surgery Department, Qilu Hospital: You don’t have to worry too much, you have a child one year after the surgery, which means the surgery is successful. The symptoms you mentioned, I consider that it may be related to the surgery, because the surgery of unclosed arterial duct is routinely open the left chest, so that after the surgery will inevitably cause pleural adhesions, thus causing the symptoms you mentioned, I suggest you go to the cardiothoracic surgery department of your local hospital to have a look. I don’t know if my answer is helpful to you. If there are still questions you can continue to discuss.  Patient: 1. At that time, I was operated on April 26, 2002 and discharged from the hospital on May 3. Some time after I went home, I felt pain in my left armpit slightly behind my left armpit and had a small thread picked out for me by the doctor in our area. Until now, this area has not felt the same as the others. (My surgery was done from my left back shoulder to my armpit, and the doctor said it was a minor surgery). In addition to the above symptoms, I feel fine during the day. I had a good cold before the surgery, and after the surgery, the number of colds was significantly reduced. I pay attention to not getting cold is not working. 2, not long after the surgery, a month or so, accidentally got pregnant, do not want to abort the child, also to Qilu Hospital cardiology, cardiac surgery, obstetrics and gynecology consultation, they all said, surgery with drugs on the child does not affect, so adhere to the caesarean section gave birth to the child, I want to consult you, heart surgery with drugs on the child should have little effect in the future, right, now the child is almost six weeks old, in addition to the slow growth of height (I The child is almost six years old, except for his height (neither I nor his father are tall) and poor eyesight (eyesight may also be inherited, the child’s grandmother is highly myopic, and his cousins have poor eyesight), he is doing well in other aspects. The other thing is, is it hereditary?  Qi Lu Hospital Cardiac Surgery Wang Tao: 1. ‘After the surgery, the number of colds is significantly less’ means that the surgery is very successful and there is no need to worry. From your description you are the posterior lateral incision, will certainly cause different degrees of pleural adhesions, so cause the symptoms you said, if you are not sure, or suggest you go to the local hospital cardiothoracic surgery to see. The reason why I feel it at night is that I think it is related to the pressure during sleep. 2, heart surgery drugs, should not affect the child, and you are pregnant, the drug is almost metabolized, do not worry. Pre-existing heart disease has heritage factors, but is not a hereditary disease. In other words, parents may not have children, but the chances of developing the disease are slightly higher than normal people, understand? If you really have concerns, you can take your child to have a heart ultrasound and you will be relieved? What do you think?