Ventricular septal defect is a kind of congenital heart disease, whether it is possible to have a child after surgery varies according to individual differences and different diseases and treatments. If the small ventricular septal defect and timely surgical treatment, it can be no different from normal people, and you can have a child; if the ventricular septal defect is large and the treatment is untimely, it is necessary to decide whether it is possible to have a child under the evaluation of the doctor.
1. You can have a baby: If you have a small ventricular septal defect and have timely surgical treatment, no surgical complications, no pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, etc., you can have a baby without any difference from a normal person after the surgery.
2. Having children with risk: If the ventricular septal defect is large, treatment is not timely, the operation has been combined with pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, arrhythmia, etc., generally after the operation the heart enlargement can not return to normal, most of the patients have shortness of breath after activities, panic and other discomforts, having children with a certain degree of risk, generally need to be evaluated and guided by the doctor to decide whether it can have children or not.
If patients want to have children after ventricular septal defect surgery, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor’s assessment and treatment.