Childhood Heart Repairs May Not Last (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060124/ap_on_he_me/heart_defects"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060123/capt.wx10601232145.heart_defects_wx106.jpg?x=130&y=72&sig=8ImsjnB.qKDxjvnaxTWD6A--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="Andrew Paukstitus, 20, of Falls Church,. Va., who has single ventricular transposition of the aorta, has an electrocardiogram at the National Children's Medical Center in Washington Friday, Jan. 20. 2006. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)" border="0" /></a>AP - One of medicine's greatest triumphs is hitting a snag: Up to 1 million people born with once-lethal heart defects now have grown up, a pioneering generation largely unaware that heart repairs can wear out as they approach middle age.</p><br clear=all>