Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) are congenital heart defects that occur when the heart's septum, which separates the heart's chambers, does not form properly. This condition can lead to a ...

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 ...

Favorable anatomy includes: at least 5-mm rims of tissue on transesophageal echocardiography, no associated cardiac anomalies, such as partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and defect size ...

A congenital heart defect called completed balanced atrioventricular septal defect, or AVSD. "It was a gut punch," Kelly Otto said. "It wasn't something you'd expect. You're just expecting a ...

THIS is the report of an acquired interventricular defect that developed at the site of an infarct high in the septum and was associated with partial heart block and a systolic murmur.