Recently, Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu revealed that her baby daughter born in November, 2022 had a congenital heart defect. This turned out to be a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) which is a hole ...

Ventricular septal defect is an abnormal hole in the septum that separates the two bottom chambers of the heart called ventricles. Like Atrial septal defect (ASD), there are no evident reasons to say ...

BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC — New research provides more granular data on the types of cardiac abnormalities identified on first-trimester ultrasound screening and the impact these screenings can have on ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common kinds of birth defects, affecting 8 out of every 1,000 babies born in the United States. These structural problems with the heart can be discovered before ...

A nationwide study of over one million pregnancies in the UK revealed that first-trimester ultrasounds significantly improve the early detection of major fetal anomalies. While availability varied ...

A congenital heart defect is a problem with your heart that you’re born with. They’re the most common kind of birth defect. There are many different types of congenital heart defects. Most affect the ...

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs when there is direct communication between the left and right ventricles. This can be a congenital anomaly or acquired as a complication of a myocardial ...

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a birth defect in babies that causes a hole in the wall (or septum) between a baby’s lower heart chambers. Heart chambers are also called right and left ventricles.