ventricular septal defect
Sign in to saveAlso known as VSD, Interventricular septal defect, Ventricular septal abnormality, interventricular communication
heart septal defect characterized by an opening in the interventricular septum, causing a shunt between ventricles
Key facts
- Specialty
- Cardiac surgery
- Frequency
- 0.0272% ( Europe )
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Research
26,333 papers- Ventricular septal defect.British heart journal · 1967
- Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect: A Comprehensive Review.Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions · 2020
- Update on percutaneous and perventricular device closure of congenital ventricular septal defect.Expert review of cardiovascular therapy · 2023
- Impaired ventilatory efficiency after closure of atrial or ventricular septal defect.Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ · 2017
- Clinical Presentation and Therapy of Ventricular Septal Defect.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
Heart sounds of a ventricular septal defect in a 14-year-old girl.
A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a hole in the ventricular septum, the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart. It is a common congenital heart defect, although restrictive muscular VSDs are not true pathological defects; they are typically just a delayed closure of the ventricular septum. They have an extremely high prevalence in newborns. The extent of the opening may vary from pin size to complete absence of the ventricular septum, creating one common ventricle. The ventricular septum consists of an inferior muscular and superior membranous portion and is extensively innervated with conducting cardiomyocytes.
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