Nature

Risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very-low-birth-weight infants with isolated atrial and ventricular septal defects

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality in premature infants. We sought to identify the frequency of NEC in very-low-birth-weight infants with isolated ...
Healio

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...
Nature

Influence of the type of congenital heart defects on epithelial lining fluid composition in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

In children with congenital heart disease (CHD), altered pulmonary circulation compromises gas exchange. Moreover, pulmonary dysfunction is a complication of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary ...
Healio

Atrial Septal Defect - Primum

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 ...
JSTOR Daily

Impaired exercise capacity following atrial septal defect closure: an invasive study of the right heart and pulmonary circulation

https://doi.org/10.1086/678509 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678509 Copy URL AbstractPatients with early repair of an isolated atrial septal defect (ASD ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Repair

Heart defect repair is surgery to fix a heart problem that prevents blood from flowing as it should through the heart. The doctor will make a large cut in your chest. The cut is called an incision. It ...