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2. Ventricular septal defect - Wikipedia

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   Ventricular septal defect is usually symptomless at birth. It usually manifests a few weeks after birth. [citation needed] VSD is an acyanotic congenital heart defect, aka a left-to-right shunt, so there are no signs of cyanosis in the early stage. However, an uncorrected VSD can increase pulmonary resistance leading to the reversal of the ...

3. Atrioventricular septal defect - Wikipedia

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   The back-pressure effect on the atria causes congestion of blood in the left atrium in particular, and this in turn causes congestion in the veins draining the lungs. The effect on the baby is to worsen the heart failure that is associated with an isolated VSD and to hasten the onset of pulmonary hypertension.

4. Cardiac shunt - Wikipedia

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   The most common congenital heart defects (CHDs) which cause shunting are atrial septal defects (ASD), patent foramen ovale (PFO), ventricular septal defects (VSD), and patent ductus arteriosi (PDA). In isolation, these defects may be asymptomatic , or they may produce symptoms which can range from mild to severe, and which can either have an ...

5. Hypoplastic right heart syndrome - Wikipedia

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   The most common heart malformations from genetic or epigenetic problems are: stenosis of the aorta and pulmonary trunk, which is a narrowing of the vessels, atrial and/or ventricular septal defect, tricuspid atresia, and hypoplastic left and right heart syndrome. When an individual has hypoplastic right or left heart syndrome, it means that ...

6. Heart Month: Mayo Clinic Health System cardiologist advises ...

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   Feb. 23—Detecting a heart murmur on your own can be tricky. A murmur is an extra heart sound that can be heard by a stethoscope. Sometimes, a murmur sounds like a humming sound, which can be ...

7. Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect - Wikipedia

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   The mildest variant of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect involves pulmonary atresia with normally developed main pulmonary artery and branch pulmonary arteries, the blood that flows to the lungs from the right side of the heart goes to the left side of the heart through the ventricular septum which then flows through the patent ...

8. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   A ventricular septal defect is a hole between the two lower chambers of the heart Tricuspid atresia. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle.

9. An alarming number of adults in the U.S. are at risk of heart ...

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   Nearly 90% of adults over age 20 in the United States are at risk of developing heart disease, an alarming new study suggests.. While the unexpectedly high number doesn't mean that the majority of ...