Category: Congenital Heart Disease
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Common Valvular Heart Diseases Mitral stenosis (MS),Mitral regurgitation (MR),Aortic stenosis (AS) and Aortic regurgitation (AR)
Mitral Stenosis (MS) Mitral Stenosis (MS) is a form of valvular heart disease characterized by the narrowing of the mitral valve orifice. The most common cause of mitral stenosis is rheumatic fever, though the…
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Persistant Truncus Arteriosus
Persistant Truncus Arteriosus Truncus arteriosus is a rare heart defect that’s present at birth (congenital) also known as Common arterial trunk. If your baby has truncus arteriosus, it means that one large blood vessel leads…
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Congenital Aortic Stenosis
Congenital Aortic Stenosis Congenital aortic stenosis refers to an abnormally formed aortic valve which produces varying degrees of obstruction.Patients with mild aortic stenosis have no symptoms while those with moderate and severe aortic stenosis…
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Coarctation of Aorta
Coarctation of Aorta Coarctation of the aorta, or aortic coarctation, is a congenital condition whereby the aorta narrows in the area where the ductus arteriosus (ligamentum arteriosum after regression) inserts. Aortic coarctation is considered…
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Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a defect in the ventricular septum, the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart.The ventricular septum consists of an inferior muscular…
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TAPVC Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
TAPVC Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) consists of an abnormality of blood flow in which all 4 pulmonary veins drain into systemic veins or the right atrium with or…
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TAPVD Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
TAPVD Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage The Pulmonary Veins, which carry blood back to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs, are not connected to the left atrium.Instead they are connected to…
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Transposition of Great Vessels
Transposition of Great Vessels Transposition of great vessels (TGV) is a group of congenital heart defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of any of the great vessels: superior and/or inferior venae cavae, pulmonary artery,…