atrial septal defect


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Noun1.atrial septal defect - an abnormal opening between the left and right atria of the heart
septal defect - a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heart
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Nupur was a patient of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) - a hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of heart.
The new service covers all paediatric open heart operations such as atrial septal defect, complex operations, heart defects, as well as single ventricle defects and left ventricular reconstruction, which require immediate surgery after the birth of the foetus.
The new service covers all paediatric open-heart operations such as atrial septal defect, complex operations, heart defects, as well as single ventricle defects and left ventricular reconstruction, which require immediate surgery after the birth of the foetus.
Keywords: Atrial septal defect, Device closure, Occluder device.
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) was the commonest acyanotic CHD (58.14%) followed by atrial septal defect (19%), patent ductus arteriosus (9.3%), atrioventricualr septal defect (9.3%), aortic stenosis (7%) and co-arctation of the aorta (2.32%).
Baby Jessica has three heart defects - total anomalous pulmonary venous return, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect.
Jessica Henerson has spent her short life undergoing the procedures to treat her three heart defects -- total anomalous pulmonary venous return, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect.
With the large Atrial Septal Defect said to be measuring 14mm on echocardiography, the ailing boy is said to surviving on oxygen for the past 22 days.
She was suffering from atrial septal defect, commonly known as 'hole in the heart'.
It was performed on a patient suffering from an atrial septal defect (ASD) of the type (Sinus Venosus ASD) by a team headed by Dr Salim al Maskari, NHC director and senior consultant of Cardiology and Dr Abdullah al Farqani, senior consultant of cardiac catheterisation in collaboration with anaesthesiologists, cardiologists and nursing staff.
Atrial flutter has often occurred after operations for congenital heart disease but usually after repair of tetralogy of Fallot or operations on the atria, such as repair of an atrial septal defect, or after a Fontan, Mustard, Senning, or Blalock-Hanlon procedure.

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