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 …

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital heart malformation and can
be detected during the prenatal and postnatal period, in childhood, and in adulthood …

AIMS To correlate the size and position of isolated ventricular septal defects with closure
rate in a cohort of children with mean follow up of more than six years. DESIGN A birth …

Background Ventricular septal defect (VSD), the most common congenital heart defect,
accounts for 40% of heart malformations. Despite this prevalence, there remains no …

Background: This study evaluates the incidence and timing of spontaneous closure (SC) of
ventricular septal defect (VSD) using Doppler color flow mapping. Methods: A total of 225 …

Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer [1]. In the United States, it is the fifth most
common cancer in males and females [2]; its incidence increases with age. As survival rates …

Background Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a highly prevalent fetal congenital heart
defect, which can become spontaneously closed during infancy. The current study aims to …

Background and purpose: The recent increase in the prevalence of ventricular septal defect
(VSD) has been ascribed to the improved detection of small defects with echocardiography …

Background Effective transcatheter or surgical closure of apical muscular ventricular septal
defects (VSDs) requires accurate delineation of variable and often complex anatomy. These …

Background: The number of studies of long‐term follow up to adolescence is very low on
spontaneous closure (SC) of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (P‐VSD) in children …