Atrioventricular septal defect is a developmental irregularity in which a hole connects two or more chambers in your child’s heart. This hole may connect the top two, the bottom two, or all four ...

This paper presents serial cardiac-catheterization data showing spontaneous functional closure of large symptomatic defects in 3 infants. One had an associated moderate-sized patent ductus arteriosus ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...

SINCE the advent of open-heart surgery ventricular septal defects have become a surgically correctable anomaly. Surgeons, in their understandable enthusiasm, have recommended early repair of these ...

Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) comprise a spectrum of congenital heart malformations characterised by a deficiency of the atrioventricular septum, often resulting in a common atrioventricular ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007;5(6):1135-1146. Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes symptoms late in adult life. Echocardiography and MRI ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . W.L. Gore and Associates announced its occluder device was approved by the FDA for percutaneous closure of ...

He said: “As a postman I’m used to walking up to 12 miles a day, and I had no idea there was anything wrong with me until I ...

The baby's family was told that the operation carried a high success rate. The chief surgeon of a five-month-old baby girl's ...