| 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 fibrillation |
A serious and dangerous variant of ventricular tachycardia, often the causative agent of death. Ventricular fibrillation can be effectively terminated by applying an electrical shock to the chest cavity over the heart region. Thus, when a television episode shows a doctor holding a set of paddles in each hand and delivering jolts of electricity into the body of an unconscious patient, you are witnessing an attempt to eliminate ventricular fibrillation. ...
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| ventricular fibrillation |
(V-Fib) A lethal arrhythmia characterized by the rapid, chaotic movements of the heart muscle that causes the heart to stop functioning and leads quickly to cardiac arrest.
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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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