Patient Resources | Overview
There’s a lot to know about complex biventricular repair. There’s understanding the several surgical procedures that aim to treat single ventricle heart defects, but there are also other things to consider, including diagnostic testing, planning, and recovery. We’ve compiled a wide variety of resources (videos, stories, webpages) that will hopefully give your family the answers you need as your child prepares for biventricular repair.
Biventricular repair patient stories
Hundreds of children have come to Boston Children’s for complex biventricular repair — and many hundreds more have had operations closer to their homes thanks to our surgeons training doctors across the world. Read these patients’ stories.
Q&As: Everything you need to know about biventricular repair
Our team always reviews with families every detail of complex biventricular repair in the larger context of their child’s individualized care plan. But it’s sometimes helpful to have those details explained again. In these videos, our experts go over the basics of biventricular repair and the many components of your child’s future care.
The surgeries of ventricular repair
Boston Children’s offers several different surgeries that improve a child’s ventricular anatomy and their circulation. These videos break down how those surgeries work and how they benefit heart patients.
Members of our team discuss conduction mapping and how it has impacted care for patients receiving a biventricular repair.
