This paper presents serial cardiac-catheterization data showing spontaneous functional closure of large symptomatic defects in 3 infants. One had an associated moderate-sized patent ductus arteriosus ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...

An atrial septal defect is the persistence of a hole (the foramen ovale) in the wall (septum) between the right atrium and left atrium of the heart. The foramen ovale usually closes spontaneously ...

What are Congenital Heart Defects? Congenital heart defects (CHD) are abnormalities in the structure of the heart that affects the way the heart functions. CHDs usually develop during the first few ...

OVER the past seven years approximately 400 patients have been surgically treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital with the assistance of cardiopulmonary bypass. The majority of these patients ...

An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole in the part of the septum that separates the atria (the upper chambers of the heart). This hole allows oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium to flow into the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter had two heart defects, a ventricular septal defect and an atrial septal defect, surgically repaired when she was an infant. She’s now a healthy 6-year-old. Should she ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter had two heart defects, a ventricular septal defect and an atrial septal defect, surgically repaired when she was an infant. She’s now a healthy 6-year-old. Should she ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): AIIMS Bhopal has performed its first sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) closure using a hybrid ...

Congenital heart defects change the normal flow of blood through the heart. This is because some part of the heart didn't develop properly before birth. There are many types of congenital heart ...