For the new study, the CDC plans to use data from its Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), a project that tracks vaccine safety using electronic health records from 11 health care organizations. Established ...

Diastolic dysfunction is a heart condition that happens when there is a “stiffening” of the major pumping chambers of the organ (ventricles). This stiffness gets in the way of the heart’s ability to ...

An atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) occurs when a bulge forms in the atrial septum, the membrane separating the heart's upper left and upper right chambers (atria). The atrial septum usually is relatively ...

Ventricular septal defects can affect the baby's growth and development. Ventricular septal defect or VSD is a congenital heart defect that needs to be treated immediately. This condition causes the ...

Ventricular septal defect with low pulmonary vascular resistance and left-to-right shunt is well known to be closely associated with a pansystolic murmur caused by the regurgitant shunt of blood at ...

“Over time, the child’s own heart tissue grows over the patch,” Thompson says. A ventricular septal defect is usually repaired with open heart surgery, though some children may be candidates for a ...

What is ventricular septal defect surgery for children? Ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery is a type of heart surgery. It's done to correct a hole between the left and right ventricles of the ...

Backgrounds: The traditional treatment of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect (dcVSD) is open-heart surgery. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and outcome of ...

Objectives: To evaluate the causes and risk factors of unplanned surgery after transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) in children. Methods: A total of 773 patients with VSD who had ...