The defect is present from birth, meaning the broadcaster spent more than four decades complete unaware of the condition her ...

This paper presents serial cardiac-catheterization data showing spontaneous functional closure of large symptomatic defects in 3 infants. One had an associated moderate-sized patent ductus arteriosus ...

A heart murmur is present in babies born with ventricular septal defect. This is usually the first sign. Most often the murmur can be heard right after birth, but at times cannot be heard until the ...

TV host Emma Willis has revealed that she has been living unknowingly with a hole in her heart for her entire life. The 49 ...

Describe the murmur of an atrial septal defect (ASD)? The murmur produced by an ASD is due to increased flow through the pulmonic valve, thus it is remarkably similar to that of pulmonic stenosis. The ...

When a doctor listens to the heart of a person with a heart murmur, they may hear a whooshing, swishing, humming, or rasping sound. This is due to rapid, turbulent blood flow through the heart.

Just the thought of a heart murmur in your child may be enough to invoke dreadful visions of heart disease and dysfunction. However, in most cases the murmur is entirely innocent and will not stop ...

Heart diseases that are present at birth are called "Congenital heart diseases" and there are over 35 different such heart problems that may be discovered in a newborn. Some of these require no ...