Navi Mumbai: A 46 year detected with a hole in heart - a complication seen mostly in children- has become the first person in the entire western region of the country to undergo a non-invasive surgery ...

A cardiac ASD (atrial septal defect) is a type of congenital heart disease (CHD). Approximately eight children out of a thousand are born with a CHD. About 10% of these CHDs are atrial septal defects.

† Primum (2 patients), secundum (68 patients) and sinus defects (4 patients). § Surgical branch of the study. TEE = Transesophageal echocardiography. *Children and adults. † Percutaneous branch of the ...

After an “investigation” at the Royal Brompton Hospital last year, Emma Willis was diagnosed with a hole in her heart (also known as an atrial septal defect, or ASD for short). “Turns out, I’ve been ...

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 ...

Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 5, No. 3 (September 2015), pp. 587-589 (3 pages) ...

Adding yet another feather to its cap, the Government Medical College Hospital in Kottayam successfully performed a cutting-edge cardiology interventional procedure on Wednesday, closing a sinus ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...