Ventricular septal defects account for up to 40% of all congenital cardiac malformations. The
diagnosis encompasses a broad range of anomalies, including isolated defects and those …

The definition and classification of ventricular septal defects have been fraught with
controversy. The International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart …

Heterozygous mutations in NKX2. 5, a homeobox transcription factor, were reported to
cause secundum atrial septal defects and result in atrioventricular (AV) conduction block …

The management of congenital heart disease has changed dramatically over the last 15
years and continues to evolve at a rapid pace. More than ever before contemporary practice …

In the first part of our review of cardiac development, 1 we discussed the initial changes
involved in transformation of the heart forming regions of the embryo into the great veins, the …

The extant nomenclature for ventricular septal defect (VSD) is reviewed for the purpose of
establishing a unified reporting system. The subject was debated and reviewed by members …

Now completely up to date to meet the needs of today's pediatric nurses, Mary Fran
Hazinski's Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child, 3rd Edition, remains the foundational text of …

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a hole between the ventricles. They are characterized
into anatomic types based on their location relative to the components of the right ventricle …

From January 1980 through September 1990, 130 children underwent surgical closure of
isolated multiple ventricular septal defects (mean age 14±18 months, mean weight 7.0±4.4 …

The Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder was approved by the Food and Drug Administration
in 2007 and is currently the only device approved for VSD closure in the United States. The …