Heart Images

You have read the story about Brocs heart now you can see what his heart looked like before he had his co-arc repair when he was 3 months old,his aortic valve repair last November.His aortic valve is still not right.At the moment it is not causing him any issues but eventually he will have to have it replaced with his pulmonary valve and then he will have a pig/cow valve put in the place of his pulmonary valve.This procedure is called the ROSS Procedure.

http://www.heartbabyhome.com/2011/08/aortic-stenosis-with-a-parachute-mitral-valve/

Please click on the link above to read all about the defects if you want to know more.

Now many of you might not know this but Little Mark has a heart defect too.He has what is called a PFO.They said that it could be an ASD too as they are both in the same spot.The PFO is something that is supposed to close after you are born but for some reason in some people it doesn't close and they can have it closed later in life.
Surprised right!!!!! So were we when we found out but fortunately he needs no intervention unless he wants to go deep sea diving or scuba diving.If so then he can have it closed when he makes that choice.

Here is a picture of Little Marks heart.I will post the link underneath his image too.

http://www.heartbabyhome.com/2011/08/patent-foramen-ovale-pfo/


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These images are wonderful for everyone to see how different peoples heart's are if they have any sort of defect. If you want to see what a different heart defect looks like then please visit  www.heartbabyhome.com.