Depending on the location within the atrial septum and the relationship to surrounding structures, atrial septal defects may be closed during a cardiac catheterization or they may require open heart ...

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) — sometimes referred to as a hole in the heart — is a type of congenital heart ... Whether a VSD causes any symptoms depends on the size of the hole and its location.

and the left anterior descending artery supplies the front and bottom of the left ventricle and the front of the septum with blood. These arteries and their branches supply all parts of the heart ...

What Is Septoplasty (Deviated Septum Surgery)? Septoplasty is a nose surgery that straightens the wall of cartilage and bone between your two nostrils. That wall is called your septum, and when it ...

Depending on the size and location of the defect ... Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), a type of septal defect that occurs when a small hole between the heart's upper chambers fails to close after ...

An atrial septal defect can allow blood to travel through the hole from the left upper heart chamber (left atrium ... CT can ...

A 69 year old woman with a history of obesity, hypertension, nicotine abuse, and periods of atrial flutter, was admitted with a New York Heart Association (NYHA ... extending along the atrial septal ...

Evaluation of lead location and axis of the septum using thoracic CT Thoracic CT was performed ... and in the distribution of New York Heart Association functional classes I/II/III and IV (16 (64)/7 ...

Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are the most common congenital heart defects. Percutaneous VSD closure is ... These openings in the ventricular septum are classified according to their location.

This baby was born at 39 weeks gestation with an antenatal diagnosis of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. At birth, prostaglandin E1 was started and the baby was transferred to our ...

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) — sometimes referred to as a hole in the heart — is a type of congenital heart ... Whether a VSD causes any symptoms depends on the size of the hole and its location.

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 ...