Atrial septal defect

chambers, atrial or ventricular septal defect is the selected etiology appropriate for this discussion topic (Cash, 2014). During the first 8 weeks of pregnancy the heart forms as a hollow tube and then it eventually divides into 4 chambers (University of Utah Healthcare, 2015). The right and left atria are separated by a wall, which is called a septum. Openings are present as the fetus grows, but should close before or just after birth. When the openings do not close, then the atrial septum…

the pulmonary veins return all the oxygen-rich blood to the right side of the heart instead. The oxygen-rich blood mixes with the returning oxygen-poor blood and passes through a hole between the right side of the heart and the left side (atrial septal defect). This makes your child's heart work harder and results in less oxygen-rich blood going out to the body. CAUSES…

Where do you think would be the best place to auscultate Caleb’s abnormal heart sound? Based on the heart anatomy and ventricular septal defects, Caleb’s abnormal heart sound would be best auscultated between the lower right and left ventricles, around the interventricular septum. This would be an area where ‘swishing’ (or movement of blood) may be heard…

Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD) Ball & Bindler (2008) describes this condition as an opening in the ventricular septum, which causes an increase in pulmonary blood flow. VSD is a hole in the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart (AHA, 2016). The blood is shunted from the left ventricle artery, across the open septum into the pulmonary artery without any impediment (Ball & Bindler, 2008). The opening may cause a higher pressure in the heart or reduced oxygen to the body (AHA, 2016)…

Transposition of the Great Vessels Transposition of the great vessels is a heart condition that is present in infants at birth and often known as a congenital heart defect or the more common term is the transposition of the great arteries(TGA). TGA is when the two main arteries, the pulmonary artery and the aorta, are switched in position, or "transposed". As a normal heart, deoxygenated blood returning to the heart from the body is pumped from the right side of the heart through the pulmonary…

infringement for a heart defect treatment device. The litigation was intended for the company to protect the technology and the intellectual property of the company. Gore & Associates was found to not be infringing on the patent co-owned by St Jude Medical and AGA…

childhood birth defects and deaths. Birth defects can be caused by “single gene defects, chromosomal disorders…environmental teratogens…maternal infectious diseases such as syphilis and rubella… [and] iodine and folic acid deficiencies (Bruneau, 2008).” Congenital heart defects can be classified based on defects that cause too much blood to be moved to the lungs, too little blood passing to the lungs, or not enough blood being circulated throughout the body. Congenital heart defects can range…

Any abnormality with the heart at the time of birth.  Patent ductus arteriosus- ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth  Tetralogy of fallot- multiple defects causing deoxygenated blood to be carried throughout the body  Complete transposition of great vessels- abnormal arrangement of the great vessels  Atrial septal defect- hole in the wall between the atria  Tricuspid atresia- lack of formation of the tricuspid valve  Hypoplastic left heart syndrome-…

Reflecting to what made me make this decision was very easy. This would be having the experience of being in Nation Wild Children’s Hospital a lot when I was younger. An important thing that was wrong with me was having a heart defect. This heart defect is called Atrial Septal Defect which was hole in the heart. I had to have open heart surgery done to repair it. Another thing is having brown spots all over my skin which is called Neurofibromatosis. For my condition with Neurofibromatosis, I…

Valerie Christy became a mother of three when she welcomed her new baby after a problem free pregnancy. According to Liftable, the Scottish mother brought her 7-pound, 5-ounce daughter, Ryleigh, into the world thinking she had given birth to a perfectly heathy baby girl, but just 72 hours later her terrifying nightmare began. Christy explained: “She was a healthy weight when she was born and nothing had shown up during my pregnancy so I didn’t think there was anything to worry about.” Her…