Ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles of the heart. This abnormality usually develops before birth and is found most often in infants. The ventricles ...

A retrospective cohort of 15,045 Down syndrome patients with septal defects and 15,045 without enabled comparative risk ...

Atrioventricular septal defect is a developmental irregularity in which a hole connects two or more chambers in your child’s heart. This hole may connect the top two, the bottom two, or all four ...

Atrial septal aneurysm means that there is a bulge in the interatrial septum. It may not present with symptoms. However, it can occur alongside other heart problems that cause symptoms such as ...

Septal myectomy removes part of a thickened septum to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. It can improve severe symptoms that do not respond to ...

Objectives Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital heart defect. Much remains unclear about the ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening or hole in the wall that sits between the heart’s two upper chambers. The heart’s upper chambers are called the right and left atria. Some people refer to atrial ...

Background A 42-year-old woman with a 20-year history of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was referred for alcohol septal ablation following a worsening of symptoms, which had persisted despite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Alcohol septal ablation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was associated with greater rate of 10-year ...

The arrival of a newborn baby is a moment of immense joy and anticipation for parents, but it can be worrying for the baby's health. Among various health concerns, congenital septal defect is a ...

Nasal septal abscess is an uncommon sequel of nasal trauma and septal hematoma. Estimates based on retrospective chart reviews place the incidence of septal hematoma at 0.9% of people treated for ...