Category: Congenital Heart Disease
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Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Ductus Arteriosus Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital disorder in the heart wherein a neonate’s ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth. Early symptoms are uncommon, but in the first year of…
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Tetrology of Fallot (TOF)
Tetrology of Fallot (TOF) Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect which is classically understood to involve four anatomical abnormalities of the heart (although only three of them are always present). It…
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Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) in adults and children
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a type of congenital heart disease that enables blood flow between two upper compartments of the heart called the left and right atrium. Normally, the…