An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...

Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes symptoms ... including the most widely used Amplatzer Septal Occluder® (AGA Medical Corp., MN ...

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...

Keagan had an atrioventricular septal defect — two holes in his heart. The defect was corrected with open heart surgery when Keagan was 6 months old. Quakkelaar’s third child was also heart ...

Among simple congenital heart diseases (CHD), patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with a significantly higher risk for epilepsy.