Ventricular septal defect

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• Synonyms

  • VSD

• Causes

  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Down syndrome
  • Turner syndrome
  • Atrioventricular septal defect
  • Septal damage
  • Edward's syndrome
  • Patau syndrome
  • Trisomy 9
  • Holt-Oram syndrome
  • DiGeorge syndrome

• Effects

  • Pansystolic murmur
  • Wide splitting of second heart sound
  • Third heart sound
  • Left ventricular failure
  • Right bundle branch block
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Preductal coarctation

• Parents

  • Left to right shunt
  • Acyanotic heart disease

• Children

  • Maladie de Roger

• Description

  • "5% associated with AR Most cases do not need treatment and heal in the first years of life. Indications for treatment: a)Failure of CCF to respond to medication. b)VSD with pulmonic stenosis Repair difficult because conducting system is in the immediate vicinit."