Since 40 to 50% of children with Down's syndrome have congenital heart disease, doctors routinely examine all children with the medical earpiece to ensure their safety. Therefore, the necessary tests are carried out as needed. All children with Down syndrome should undergo an ultrasound scan, If the doctor does not show any symptoms of the injury. The doctor may perform the following tests as needed:
1 - Measuring oxygen by placing a device on the hand or foot: This device can confirm doubts about the existence of a deficiency and lack of oxygen in the blood or not .. The doctor may analyze the blood to measure blood gases to confirm the lack of oxygen.
2- X-ray of the heart. Which are available in all hospitals and which may show heart enlargement or increased or decreased blood flow to the lungs.
ECG: It is also available in many hospitals and it shows the electrical layout of the heart and shows inflation in the heart chambers and other signs. The doctor may need to put the ECG (Holter) for several hours while suspecting the rhythm of the heart rate if necessary.
4 - Acoustic heart ultrasound: These rays may not be available in many hospitals and if any may not be specialized specialist in the chest radiation of babies and children. In general, these rays are important to know the type of congenital disease and the severity of the infection. It can also ensure the safety of blood veins, heart muscle, valves and walls of the buffer of the heart chambers.
5- Cardiac catheterization. It is available only in specialized cardiac centers. It is done by inserting a long, thin tube from one of the arteries or veins of the thigh until it reaches the heart and then injecting the heart chambers with a chromosome material and performing X-rays to clarify the details of the heart chambers, valves and blood veins. The doctor also measures oxygen and pressure in the heart chambers and this helps to clarify the infection before surgery. Therefore, catheterization is a diagnostic test and not therapeutic. But recently doctors were able to use the catheter as a treatment and by expanding some valves or arteries, or the opening of a hole in the walls of the heart or the closure of an artery or an opening or the development of a supporting ring in one of the arteries.
6 - Magnetic Radiation: Recently, some heart centers began to take care of three-dimensional images of the heart and is measured blood flow in the heart and blood veins and know the details more clearly about some parts of the heart.
1 - Measuring oxygen by placing a device on the hand or foot: This device can confirm doubts about the existence of a deficiency and lack of oxygen in the blood or not .. The doctor may analyze the blood to measure blood gases to confirm the lack of oxygen.
2- X-ray of the heart. Which are available in all hospitals and which may show heart enlargement or increased or decreased blood flow to the lungs.
ECG: It is also available in many hospitals and it shows the electrical layout of the heart and shows inflation in the heart chambers and other signs. The doctor may need to put the ECG (Holter) for several hours while suspecting the rhythm of the heart rate if necessary.
4 - Acoustic heart ultrasound: These rays may not be available in many hospitals and if any may not be specialized specialist in the chest radiation of babies and children. In general, these rays are important to know the type of congenital disease and the severity of the infection. It can also ensure the safety of blood veins, heart muscle, valves and walls of the buffer of the heart chambers.
5- Cardiac catheterization. It is available only in specialized cardiac centers. It is done by inserting a long, thin tube from one of the arteries or veins of the thigh until it reaches the heart and then injecting the heart chambers with a chromosome material and performing X-rays to clarify the details of the heart chambers, valves and blood veins. The doctor also measures oxygen and pressure in the heart chambers and this helps to clarify the infection before surgery. Therefore, catheterization is a diagnostic test and not therapeutic. But recently doctors were able to use the catheter as a treatment and by expanding some valves or arteries, or the opening of a hole in the walls of the heart or the closure of an artery or an opening or the development of a supporting ring in one of the arteries.
6 - Magnetic Radiation: Recently, some heart centers began to take care of three-dimensional images of the heart and is measured blood flow in the heart and blood veins and know the details more clearly about some parts of the heart.
