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A: Tetralogy of Fallot has in recent years become very treatable by surgical intervention, with excellent long-term outcomes. In the absence of trisomy 13 and similar conditions, children with just these heart defects generally get to grow up much like any other child if the surgery is successful. General probabilities do favor that Katya should do well in terms of the heart repair, that it will be successful in its usual goals. Unfortunately, however, in Katya's case her overall health situation is much, much more serious and complicated due to her underlying chromosomal defect. Every last cell in her body has been affected, is wrecked. Of greatest note, they cannot repair the neurological defects that are a central part of her trisomy 13 syndrome -- the aspect of the illness which results in severe mental and physical handicaps.


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		Q: What is the prognosis for her heart condition?



		A: Tetralogy of Fallot has in recent years become very treatable by surgical intervention, with excellent long-term outcomes. In the absence of trisomy 13 and similar conditions, children with just these heart defects generally get to grow up much like any other child if the surgery is successful. General probabilities do favor that Katya should do well in terms of the heart repair, that it will be successful in its usual goals. Unfortunately, however, in Katya's case her overall health situation is much, much more serious and complicated due to her underlying chromosomal defect. Every last cell in her body has been affected, is wrecked. Of greatest note, they cannot repair the neurological defects that are a central part of her trisomy 13 syndrome -- the aspect of the illness which results in severe mental and physical handicaps.



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