My baby is 4 months old and was born with pulmonary atresia and VSD. They already had a BT shunt surgery on the right side, but now the doctor says two more open heart surgeries will be needed at 4 and 14 years for pulmonary artery and VSD correction. Is there any other solution or a way to fix everything in just one operation instead of two?

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Dr Dhankecha Dineshbhai

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6+ Yrs

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cardiologist opinion is advised.

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