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AIIMS Probes Teen’s Death Amid Rare Congenital Heart Defect
Tanvi Pariyani was a 15-year-old girl from Kota.
She died at AIIMS Delhi on September 1.
The hospital has begun an inquiry into her death.
Tanvi had been receiving care there since she was two years old.
Doctors had diagnosed her with two heart problems.
One was a hole between parts of the heart, called a ventricular septal defect.
The other was pulmonary atresia, which can make it difficult for blood to reach the lungs.
Her case has drawn attention to serious heart conditions present from birth in children.
Fifteen-year-old Tanvi Pariyani died at AIIMS Delhi on September 1.
Her death prompted an institutional inquiry at the hospital.
Tanvi was from Kota and had received care at AIIMS since age two.
Doctors had diagnosed her with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia.
The case has renewed attention on complex congenital heart disease in children.
- Who
- Tanvi Pariyani, a 15-year-old girl from Kota, who had been treated at AIIMS Delhi.
- What
- Her death prompted an institutional inquiry and renewed attention on complex congenital heart disease.
- Where
- AIIMS Delhi; Tanvi was from Kota.
- When
- She died on September 1; she had been receiving care at AIIMS since age two.
- Why
- Her case involved ventricular septal defect with pulmonary atresia, a serious congenital heart condition that can severely disrupt blood flow from the heart to the lungs.
Key facts
- Patient
- Tanvi Pariyani
- Age
- 15 years
- Hospital
- AIIMS Delhi
- Death date
- September 1
- Hometown
- Kota
- Diagnosis
- Ventricular septal defect with pulmonary atresia
- Inquiry
- An institutional inquiry was triggered by her death
Sources
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