Heart defect repair is surgery to fix a heart problem that prevents blood from flowing as it should through the heart. The doctor will make a large cut in your chest. The cut is called an incision. It ...

Many children have no symptoms. So this defect may not be found until a child is older or becomes an adult. Heart defect repair is surgery to fix a heart problem that prevents blood from flowing as it ...

surgery includes closing the VSD and enlargement of the right ventricular outflow tract (by relieving pulmonary stenosis). Chronic pulmonic regurgitation can result as a complication of repair ...

We excluded 5 pts with a large residual VSD (Qp:Qs>1.8): 4/20 3-4+ pts and ... than in other pts. Age at repair (0.8-12.8 yrs; mean 4.3±1 yr) was not different for those with large vs small ...