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 ...

What Is an Atrial Septal Defect? An atrial septal defect (ASD) — sometimes called a hole in the heart — is a type of congenital heart defect in which there is an abnormal opening in the dividing wall ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, occurring in approximately 0.9% of live births. Sadly, they are also the leading cause of ...

Data for the report were derived from an invitation-based, retrospectively created registry that attempted to include most centers performing the intervention. The study covered 12 years and 54 ...

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 ...

The co-existence of an ostium secundum atrial septal defect (OS-ASD) and an anomalous circumflex (LCX) artery is rare, with limited literature addressing the device closure in such cases. A ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): In a remarkable medical achievement, doctors at Sri Aurobindo Hospital successfully performed a ...