A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...

Heersink School of Medicine have published a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association that focuses on how the volume of procedures influences patient outcomes undergoing septal ...

An atrial septal defect of the secundum type is relatively common and occurs from failure of the septum secundum to develop. This results in a communication between the left and right atrium ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

Valcare Medical Inc., a leading innovator in transcatheter-based mitral solutions, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug ...

[16] Different latest generation devices, mainly made with Nitinol and synthetic tissue may be used nowadays in order to close secundum ASD including the most widely used Amplatzer Septal Occluder ...

They graded the morphological features of the septal contour without knowledge of the results of a mutation screen of eight myofilament-encoding genes.

The Tri-Service General Hospital Penghu Branch announced Tuesday that it has performed the first-ever transcatheter atrial ...

Among simple congenital heart diseases (CHD), patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with a significantly higher risk for epilepsy.

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 ...

Valcare Medical Inc., a leading innovator in transcatheter-based mitral solutions, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the AMEND� Trans-Septal System for ...