Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) are congenital heart defects that occur when the heart's septum, which separates the heart's chambers, does not form properly. This condition can lead to a ...

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 congenital heart defect called completed balanced atrioventricular septal defect, or AVSD. "It was a gut punch," Kelly Otto said. "It wasn't something you'd expect. You're just expecting a ...

Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD): A congenital heart defect characterized by a combination of atrial and ventricular septal defects, leading to a single common atrioventricular valve.

Eleven MCHD subtypes were assessed, including univentricular heart, transposition of the great arteries (TGA), and atrioventricular septal defect. Statistical analyses used generalized estimating ...

Evelyn Hamm was born with a hole in the middle of her heart. But her parents and her doctors expected it. During her 20-week ...

The VSD is often located in the antero-superior position between the two limbs of the trabecular septomarginalis. The defect is generally ... at an increased risk of atrioventricular node damage ...