If an atrial septal defect is large, heart failure may occur, although this is not common in children. Many children have no symptoms. So this defect may not be found until a child is older or becomes ...

[13] For the most frequent defect, the secundum ASD, percutaneous closure minimizes hospital stay and recovery time, avoids surgical wounds, and offers the same benefits as surgery. Successful ...

and the only treatment was to do open heart surgery as its effective in treating atrial septal defects. "We didn't have the 1.5 million that was needed to perform the surgery. and she had to wait ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial ... The difference lies in the intensity and splitting pattern of the S2 heart sound. The intensity of S2 should remain ...

Case 2 continued to have poor growth after spontaneous closure of the atrial septal defect. Case 1, who had an associated large ductus and aortic stenosis, was noted to have a heart murmur at two ...

At age 10, he was diagnosed with atrial septal defect, a condition characterized by a hole in the heart, for which a doctor recommended surgery. During physical education classes at school ...

A more recent technique called minimally invasive cardiac surgery ... heart procedures. Common procedures include heart valve repair/replacement, coronary artery bypass, and atrial septal defect ...

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A 15-year-old tribal girl from Khammam district has undergone life-saving surgery ... her heart and lungs. Doctors at Kondapur KIMS Hospital also detected a large Atrial Septal Defect (ASD ...

Italy 2 Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common ...