Atrioventricular septal defect is a developmental irregularity in which a hole connects two or more chambers in your child’s heart. This hole may connect the top two, the bottom two, or all four ...

Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a defect of the common atrioventricular junction with deficient atrioventricular septation. It accounts for 3% of all heart defects, with a strong coindication ...

Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) comprise a spectrum of congenital heart malformations characterised by a deficiency of the atrioventricular septum, often resulting in a common atrioventricular ...

A little Queensland girl was back to her “firecracker” self within days after doctors performed a revolutionary heart surgery ...

Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most prevalent birth defects affecting the heart's structure and function. In India, approximately 200,000 children are born each year with CHDs, and about 20 ...

March 8, 2011 — Smoking in early pregnancy may raise the risk for certain congenital heart defects (CHD) in infants, according to the results of an analysis from the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study ...

March 2, 2011 — Opioid use just before conception or in early pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk for birth defects, including hypoplastic left heart syndrome, one of the most ...

A little girl who had a “broken heart” has had it mended in a miraculous operation as her mum thanks the doctors who saved the young tot. Leah Sharp was diagnosed with atrioventricular septal defect ...

Last week, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est. and Dubai Health Authority partnered with Fortis Healthcare, Mumbai, to fund 132 surgeries for free. While the event was going ...

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