Rupture of the ventricular septum usually occurs early (within the 1st week) after myocardial infarction. It is unclear when the rupture occurred in this patient. Echocardiography allows direct ...

Estee Williams has shared another update on her daughter's condition about seven months after she was born with a congenital ...

Two days after influencer Estee Williams and her husband, Conner, welcomed their first child together, they learned that their daughter Estelle was born with a ventricular septal heart defect At 11 ...

BOSTON -- The first registry study to compare percutaneous versus surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) found upfront differences in survival that have an unclear impact ...

SINCE the advent of open-heart surgery ventricular septal defects have become a surgically correctable anomaly. Surgeons, in their understandable enthusiasm, have recommended early repair of these ...

In children with perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSDs), closure with a catheter-delivered occluder device is safe, providing midterm outcomes similar to those of open-heart surgery, ...

In recent years, transcatheter intervention techniques have emerged as a promising alternative for the closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD). The advancements in trancatheter VSD ...

A 52-year-old man was admitted to our center for the first episode of heart failure (HF). He had a history of mechanical aortic valve (AoV) implantation performed 13 years prior, subsequent Bentall ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with ventricular septal defects, Eisenmenger’s syndrome or aortic valve disease are at elevated risk for ...