Photo: P.Son Doctors at Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City are performing interventions on 18 children with complex atrial septal defects while transmitting live images of the procedures to ...

The defect is generally large and juxta-arterial ... and therefore the patient is at an increased risk of atrioventricular node damage during surgery (Figure 1). Hospital mortality rates for ...

Objective: To retrospectively assess the outcomes of open-heart repair for ventricular septal defect in children using a right vertical axillary incision compared to median sternotomy. Method: From ...

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 ...