Most ventricular septal defects are small and do not cause a problem.

Large ventricular septal defects usually cause heart problems and symptoms by the time a baby is 3 to 6 months old.

The exact cause of ventricular septal defects is not fully understood.

L.'s ventricular septal defect is large, the size of a dime.

The ventricular septal defect is closed with a patch.

This is closely followed by ventricular septal defect that affects approximately 35% of patients.

Large ventricular septal defects can cause life-threatening complications during infancy.

"I'm slated to operate on a young woman with a ventricular septal defect.

Treatment is not needed in cases where a ventricular septal defect is small or closes on its own.

There is also usually a hole between the left and right ventricles of the heart (ventricular septal defect).

An echocardiogram may reveal heart defects (ventricular septal defect is most common).

Small ventricular septal defects can close on their own (spontaneously) or become less significant as the child matures and grows.

However these babies usually have uncomplicated heart defects, like a ventricular septal defect, which may not require any surgery.

Rupture of the interventricular septum will cause a ventricular septal defect.

Ventricular septal defect is usually symptomless at birth.

Among the most common malformations were ventricular septal defects: holes or other flaws in the wall between two of the heart's chambers.

Ventricular septal defect information for parents.

When he was 3 months old, he had open heart-surgery to repair a ventricular septal defect, a hole in the wall of his heart.

Ventricular septal defects can occur in any portion of the ventricular septum.

On rare occasions, it can cause rheumatic heart disease and ventricular septal defect aortic insufficiency.

She suffers from a severe case of ventricular septal defect which eventually causes her to move to California to see a specialist in "Superheroes"

Madhubala was found to have a heart condition in 1950; she had been born with a ventricular septal defect, or 'hole in the heart'.

If it ruptures on the intraventricular septum, it can create a ventricular septal defect.

Using this technique, Lillehei led the team that performed successful repair of a ventricular septal defect on March 26, 1954.

The opening of a ventricular septal defect can be as small as a pinhole, or the wall between the heart chambers may be completely missing.