Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis, Treatment
The right and left atria are separated by interatrial septum. Normally there is no hole. Atrial septal defect is a congenital heart defect in which there is an opening in the atrial septum through the right atrium which communicates with the left. This defect occurs with a frequency of 3-20% of all congenital heart defects.
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Anomalous drainage of pulmonary veinsNormally, the pulmonary veins carry arterial blood from the lungs and flow into the left atrium. From there the blood enters the left ventricle and the aorta and arteries carries oxygen throughout the body.
In the anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, they may fall into the right atrium or
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Ventricular septal defect - Diagnosis, Treatment
This heart defect detected in 10-30% of children with congenital heart disease. This is one of the most common defects. For every thousand births born two children with ventricular septal defect. Interventricular septum, respectively, shares the name of the left and right ventricles of the heart. Normally, the holes in it does not happen.
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Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm - Diagnosis, Treatment
This is a rare congenital heart disease. Sinus of Valsalva is called a protrusion of the aortic wall corresponding semilunar cusps of aortic valve. An aneurysm is an extension of the vessel wall. It is formed as a result of the weakness of the vascular wall due to violations of its formation in utero. When a child is bor
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Stenosis of the pulmonary artery - Diagnosis, Treatment
The pulmonary artery carries venous blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. Congenital stenosis (narrowing) of the pulmonary artery occurs quite often. Its frequency from 6 to 10% of all congenital heart defects. If you decrease pulmonary artery pressure in the right ventricle
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Aortic stenosis- Diagnosis, Treatment
Aorta - the largest vessel of the human body. It is the arterial blood from the left ventricle of the heart to smaller arteries and then throughout the body. Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of it. This birth defect occurs in 3-10% of patients with heart defects. Narrowing of the aorta increases the load on the left ventricle of the h
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Tetralogy of Fallot - Diagnosis, Treatment
Tetralogy of Fallot - a complex heart defect. This combination of stenosis (narrowing) the mouth of the pulmonary trunk, ventricular septal defect, shift to the right and anterior to the aorta and the developing secondary right ventricular hypertrophy. All these defects can be expressed in varying degrees. Tetralogy of Fallot i
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