The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining endovascular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect and will publish guidance on its safety and efficacy to the NHS ...

After bicuspid aortic valve, ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are the most common congenital heart abnormalities. Of all congenital defects, around 20% are solitary lesions and another 10% are ...

In children with perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSDs), closure with a catheter-delivered occluder device is safe, providing midterm outcomes similar to those of open-heart surgery, ...

Muscular ventricular septal defects (mVSD) appearing together with other septal defects are frequently regarded as ‘concomitant’ pathologies, that nevertheless should be considered while the patient ...

While patients who undergo percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) have a high rate of in-hospital mortality, long-term outcomes are generally favorable in those who survive to ...

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a defect of the heart, where there are one or more holes in the wall (called the septum) that separates the two chambers of the heart (called the ventricles). This ...