Nearly 40 years ago when Lis Dreizen's daughter Olivia was born with a congenital heart defect, doctors were grim about her chances to live. "I would cry simply looking at Olivia, and it was very ...

Large ventricular septal defect: This can increase blood pressure in the lungs. Overriding aorta: This means that the aorta is in the wrong place, interfering with healthy blood flow in the heart.

Ventricular Septal Defect The ventricles are the two lower chambers of the heart, with muscular walls for pumping blood to either the lungs (right ventricle) or the body (left ventricle).

Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect (PA-VSD): There’s a hole in the wall between the ventricles, allowing some blood to flow into the right ventricle.

A Mumbai hospital has successfully performed a rare and intricate heart surgery on an 18-month-old child diagnosed with a large ventricular septal defect (VSD ... any distortion to ensure long-term ...