A ventricular septal ... significant aortic valve regurgitation. Muscular VSDs occur in the mid to apical interventricular septum and do not involve cardiac valves. A Gerbode defect is technically ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

What Is Structural Heart Disease ... Amplatzer® Septal Occluder and the GORE HELEX® Septal Occluder. The closure devices differ in design, but the placement method and their function are similar. The ...

When the aortic leaflets are involved, there is frequently a destructive process occurring such as infective endocarditis or rheumatic valvular disease. Any disease process that results in ...

Congenital heart disease is one of the most common birth ... Pressure overload diseases like aortic stenosis and pulmonary stenosis are treated with dilatation under balloon procedure.