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 ...

A 30-year-old patient, gravida 1, para 0, on the 21st week of gestation, was referred for fetal echocardiography due to suspected cardiac malformation. The patient had no specific medical, obstetrical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with ventricular septal defects had poorer exercise capacity compared with adults without them, ...

Rupture of the ventricular septum usually occurs early (within the 1st week) after myocardial infarction. It is unclear when the rupture occurred in this patient. Echocardiography allows direct ...

The defects ranged from 1 to 2 cm. in diameter. Closure was accomplished in each case with a prosthetic patch. One patient had aortic regurgitation and an aneurysm of a sinus of Valsalva as well as a ...

In children with perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSDs), closure with a catheter-delivered occluder device is safe, providing midterm outcomes similar to those of open-heart surgery, ...

TCT 788: Percutaneous device closure of Infero-apical post Infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD)using Intracardiac echocardiography. Receive the the latest news, research, and presentations from ...

Millions of adults have atrial fibrillation - an irregular beating of the upper chambers of the heart that yields increased risk of heart failure, stroke and death. Many genetic mutations in the ...

In the largest multicenter clinical trial of children undergoing early-stage surgery for single-ventricle heart defects, differences in intraoperative management did not significantly affect ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Thanks to surgical innovations, a rare but serious heart defect no longer is deadly for newborns. But as those patients age, complications are emerging. Now, Children's Hospital ...