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 family’s concerns over alleged ambulance and hospital delays after their 21-month-old had a seizure and died will be heard ...

In this edition of Cardiology in the Young, Anderson et al. try to rejuvenate the long-standing discussion about the nature of the “ventricular septal defect” in hearts with double-outlet right ...

A TEAM of Zimbabwean cardiothoracic surgeons together with a visiting team from Egypt have embarked on a week-long congenital ...

Ayushi had been suffering from a congenital heart condition called ventricular septal defect (VSD). Her father Rajkumar ...

tubular defects in the ventricular septum (arrows) with passage of contrast medium from the left to the right ventricle, corresponding to a ventriculoseptal defect (VSD) with functional left ...

Reproduced with permission from [10]. Congenital heart defects can include atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of aorta and tetralogy of fallot.

Tetralogy of Fallot is a complex heart defect involving four anatomical abnormalities: a ventricular septal defect, narrowing of the pulmonary outflow tract, an overriding aorta, and right ...