The diagnostic procedure was a second 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram (Figure 5), performed by the author, which revealed a large atrial septal defect (ASD). The right atrium and ventricle ...

Aim: To find out the significance of murmurs heard during infancy. Methods: Retrospective audit of all infants with newly heard murmurs referred from April 2007 to October 2009 to cardiac clinics in ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality in premature infants. We sought to identify the frequency of NEC in very-low-birth-weight infants with isolated ...

In recent years, transcatheter intervention techniques have emerged as a promising alternative for the closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD). The advancements in trancatheter VSD ...

SINCE the advent of open-heart surgery ventricular septal defects have become a surgically correctable anomaly. Surgeons, in their understandable enthusiasm, have recommended early repair of these ...

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