A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...

Heart defect repair is surgery to fix a heart problem that prevents blood from flowing as it should through the heart. The doctor will make a large cut in your chest. The cut is called an incision. It ...

A congenital heart defect is a condition you’re born with. Types of heart defects vary in severity — with some, you’ll need surgery as a child, while others don’t need treatment until later in life or ...

After bicuspid aortic valve, ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are the most common congenital heart abnormalities. Of all congenital defects, around 20% are solitary lesions and another 10% are ...

Ventricular septal defect is an abnormal hole in the septum that separates the two bottom chambers of the heart called ventricles. Like Atrial septal defect (ASD), there are no evident reasons to say ...

Did you know that a baby can be born with a little hole in his heart? It's a common heart problem in newborn babies called Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) that occurs when there is a gap between the ...

Purpose: The population-based National Down Syndrome Project combined epidemiological and molecular methods to study congenital heart defects in Down syndrome. Methods: Between 2000 and 2004, six ...

An atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a condition in which there is a hole between the chambers of the left and right sides of the heart. Additionally, the valves between the chambers may not ...

Actor Bipasha Basu recently opened up about her daughter Devi Basu Singh Grover's congenital heart condition that made her and husband Karan Singh Grover's parenting journey challenging. Basu revealed ...