| ventricular septal defect |
a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure
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| ventricular septal defect |
Eisenmenger's defect or complex Gerbode defect Interventricular septal defect Left ventricular-right atrial communication Roger's disease Excludes: common atrioventricular canal type (745.69) single ventricle (745.3)
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| ventricular septal defect |
A whole in the septum separating the ventricles of the heart. This permits blood to flow from the left ventricle to the right ventricle and to recirculate through the pulmonary artery and the lungs. The most common heart defect present at birth, treatment consists of surgery to repair the defect usually early in childhood.
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| ventricular septal defect |
a hole between the two ventricles - the pumping chambers of the heart.
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| ventricular septal defect |
Hole in the heart...specifically a residual communication between the two lower heart chambers. The higher blood pressure is usually on the red (or left) side of the heart, so the blood flow across the defect is towards the lower pressure (right) side. In some complex congenital defects the pressure and flow are reversed. VSDs vary in size and location. Repair depends on the anatomy and the location of the defect.
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