Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with ventricular septal defects had poorer exercise capacity compared with adults without them, ...

Rupture of the ventricular septum usually occurs early (within the 1st week) after myocardial infarction. It is unclear when the rupture occurred in this patient. Echocardiography allows direct ...

In children with perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSDs), closure with a catheter-delivered occluder device is safe, providing midterm outcomes similar to those of open-heart surgery, ...

Percutaneous closure of symptomatic ventricular septal defects in children can be achieved with off-label use of an occluder device. A research letter published online November 7, 2012, ahead of print ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Babies who were born to women who were exposed to statin therapy during the first trimester of ...

A rare series of heart defects classified as “single-ventricle disease” have been connected in the past to brain abnormalities, but the link has never been completely understood. Now, a study from the ...

OVER the past seven years approximately 400 patients have been surgically treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital with the assistance of cardiopulmonary bypass. The majority of these patients ...

Some babies are born with hearts that have missing or malformed parts. A series of delicate operations can fix the damage and extend the lives of these children. Some babies are born with a rare ...

A 58-year-old male with a history of anterior myocardial infarction developed paroxysmal atrial tachycardia but no shortness of breath or angina. At presentation a loud holosystolic murmur is present ...