Cost of Double Inlet Left Ventricle - DILV in India

This congenital defect sees the left and right atria of the heart being connected to the same ventricle. Surgery makes oxygenated blood travel through the body possible.

• Blue skin (cyanosis)
• Not gaining weight normally
• Troubled breathing
• Swelling in legs and abdomen
• Pale skin
• Poor ingestion
• Fast heartbeat
• Hear murmur (strange heart sound)
• Fluid accumulation around lungs
• Heart failure

• MRI
• Ct scan
• Electrocardiogram
• Echocardiogram
• Cardiac catheterization

Surgery is necessary to repair the valve. Several surgeries may be required to get the heart to function normally. If blood flow to the pulmonary artery is blocked, a shunt is placed surgically for normal circulation. If there is over blood flow to the lungs, then a banding is placed to normalize.

Now second surgery called Glenn shunt is performed at the age of 6 months. Then final procedure called Fontan procedure is done when the child is 3-6 years old.