Viagra helps children in cardiac treatment

• May 6, 2024

According to a study, Sildenafil, a medication used against erectile dysfunction, improved the functioning of the heart of children and young people who had undergone the procedure. Fontán surgery , an operation that corrects the congenital effects of univentrícular heart.

The univariate heart disease is characterized by the absence of a cardiac ventricle . The single ventricle receives the blood from the lungs and the one that arrives without oxygenating from the rest of the organism; so, in Fontan surgery, doctors direct venous blood directly into the pulmonary arteries without going through the heart.

This study is supported by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States, who conducted the research disclosed by the American Heart Association. In this study, 27 infants and young people participated, with Fontan surgery for 11 years. As a result, a benefit was found to the patient's performance during the exercise and improvement in their quality of life.

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