The pathophysiological consequences developing in these infants and children are of a severe nature, including weakness, hypoxia, breathlessness, congestive heart failure and even death.
他們孱弱多病、發育不良，如不治療，絕大多數無法活過二十歲，嚴重者甚至在幼小的嬰兒期即告夭折。呂鴻基大夫從事小兒心臟的診治已有十多年的歷史。