VSD device closure

A ventricular septal defect is a birth defect where there is an abnormal defect in the interventricular septum resulting in an abnormal communication between the right and left ventricle. This results in passage of pure blood from the LV to the RV and increased blood flow into the lungs. People with small defects are generally asymptomatic and require no treatment and those with moderate to large defect present with recurrent lung infections. Those with large defects may present with failure to thrive and heart failure. Depending on the location of the defect on the septum they could be called muscular, perimembranous and inlet variety.

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