A ventricular septal defect (VSD) — or "hole in the heart" — is an opening between the heart's lower chambers. Learn how fetal VSDs are treated.

Oct 19, 2024 · A ventricular septal defect (pronounced ven·tric·u·lar sep·tal de·fect) is atype of congenital heart defect. Congenital means present at birth. A ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall (septum) that separates the two lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart.

Oct 21, 2022 · A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a hole in the heart that's present at birth (congenital heart defect). The hole is between the lower heart chambers (right and left ventricles). It allows oxygen-rich blood to move back into the lungs instead of being pumped to …

Oct 16, 2024 · Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are the most prevalent congenital cardiac anomaly in children and the second most common heart defect in adults, after bicuspid aortic valves.

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is an opening in the ventricular septum, which is the muscle between the left and right ventricle. VSD occurs in about three to five per 1,000 live births, accounting for 30 percent of all congenital heart defects.

VSD is an opening or hole (defect) in the wall (septum) separating the two lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). In normal development, the wall between the chambers closes before the fetus is born, so that by birth, oxygen-rich blood is kept from mixing with the oxygen-poor blood.

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a congenital heart defect. This means that your baby is born with it. A VSD is an opening or hole in the dividing wall (septum) between the 2 lower chambers of the heart (right and left ventricles). VSDs are the most common type of congenital heart defect.

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) is a common birth defect of the heart. Our hearts are comprised of four chambers, two upper chambers- the right atrium and left atrium, and two lower chambers-the right and left ventricles.

A VSD represents a pressure and volume load on the pulmonary vascular bed and results in increased pulmonary blood flow with subsequent increased pulmonary venous return to the left heart. Over time this can result in dilation of the pulmonary artery and left heart structures (left atrium, mitral valve and left ventricle).

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a common type of CHD, with a reported prevalence of 4 per 1000 live births, and it accounts for one-third of all heart defects diagnosed during the first year of postnatal life [1, 2].