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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...