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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
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Also known as: complex biventricular repair, biventricular repair procedure
The exact nature of the procedure will vary based on the defect that is present. In some cases, it involves several procedures over a number of months or years to fully repair the child’s ventricles. In other cases, a child may be a candidate to receive a complete biventricular repair that fully reconstructs the heart’s ventricles with one procedure. The procedures are all surgeries that are performed under general anesthesia and require a multi-day stay in the hospital.
A biventricular repair procedure does have risks and may involve multiple surgeries, so it’s important to discuss these risks and potential outcomes with your doctors. Despite the risks, in many cases it’s the best treatment option available for the infant with a congenital heart defect, and many children who have undergone the procedure go on to lead healthy, productive lives.
Reviewed by: David Kalfa, MD
This page was last updated on: June 26, 2026 02:37 PM
The Heart Institute – a world leader in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery and the care of children with congenital heart disorders – serves as a beacon to families confronting the reality of a child or newborn with a heart defect.
The ventricles are two of the hearts' four chambers. When a baby is born with only one of the ventricles functioning properly or missing, this is called "single ventricle defect".