A right pulmonary artery to left atrium fistula represents a rare cause of cyanosis in childhood. It may be diagnosed late due to the presence of minimal symptoms. We report the case of a 3-year-old ...

Atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) is an uncommon but well-recognized cardiac abnormality. This educational text reviews the case of a 54-year-old female presenting an ASA related to a small ostium secundum ...

Left ventricle-right atrium (LV-RA) connection may develop secondary to ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair, particularly when the membranous septum or tricuspid valve is affected, leading to a ...

What Is an Atrial Septal Defect? An atrial septal defect (ASD) — sometimes called a hole in the heart — is a type of congenital heart defect in which there is an abnormal opening in the dividing wall ...

The Lifetech KONAR-MF ventricular septal defect occluder (MFO) is increasingly used for transcatheter perimembranous ventricular septal defect (pmVSD) closure. We aim to collect real-world data on ...

Multimodality and intraoperative images of a mixed atrial septal defect. The interatrial septum is anatomically divided into 5 septal zones. A mixed atrial septal defect involves 2 or more of the 5 ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, occurring in approximately 0.9% of live births. Sadly, they are also the leading cause of ...

The following are key points to remember from a clinical consensus statement on ventricular septal defect (VSD) complicating acute myocardial infarction (MI): ...

FRANKLIN, Ky. (WBKO/Gray News) - A 6-year-old is baking cookies to raise money for her upcoming open-heart surgery in May. So far, Paislee Howard has sold 50 dozen cookies, going through 20 pounds of ...

In infant patients, elevated left ventricular internal dimension before ventricular septal defect repair is a predictor of postoperative LVSD. Prior to ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair in infant ...