Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA ... the infant was diagnosed with three developmental abnormalities: ventricular septal defect (which resolved), optic nerve hypoplasia and a brainstem asymmetry ...

SMA is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that affects the muscle strength and movement ... three developmental abnormalities: ventricular septal defect (which resolved), optic nerve hypoplasia ...

The first prenatal therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA ... postnatally to have a heart murmur due to a ventricular septal defect, which resolved. The infant has optic nerve hypoplasia ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA ... the infant was diagnosed with three developmental abnormalities: ventricular septal defect (which resolved), optic nerve hypoplasia and a brainstem asymmetry ...

Treatment options include medications, dietary changes, lifestyle adjustments, and in severe cases, surgical correction.

This type of ventricular septal defect may also be part of another heart defect called an atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD). This is a hole in the lower, muscular part of the ventricular septum ...

Babies with SMA-1 typically display symptoms like muscle weakness ... three developmental abnormalities (a now-resolved ventricular septal defect, optic nerve hypoplasia, and a brainstem asymmetry ...

By the time he arrived at HN Reliance Hospital, his weight had dropped to 5.3 kg. Scans confirmed a large mid-muscular Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), a hole in the heart that was dangerously mixing ...

A child with a rare genetic disorder — spinal muscular atrophy type I — was treated prenatally for the first time. Courtesy of Jakob Owens  via Unsplash During an amniocentesis test, a long, thin ...

Transcatheter VSD closure was performed under general or local anesthesia ... These changes may result in papillary muscle displacement and leaflet tethering, further worsening TR and leading to right ...