Atrial septal defect

as it is. You are the new kids on the block, you dont know the ins and outs of the high school, and you dont want to make a fool of yourself in front of all these upperclassmen. Not only did I have to overcome that, I got diagnosed with an Atrial Septal Defect, or ASD for short. In other words, I had a hole in my heart between the two chambers of my heart. I was always a smaller kid in middle school. My health overall was not at the average or above average that all my peers were at, the ASD was…

very important and fragile. It constitutes many functions with in the body. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a series of cardiac defects. This disease is mostly prevalent at birth. However, it can develop at a later stage in life. It has become very significant in adulthood. There are many forms of CHD. For example, atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects. The heart is a very complex organ. Every part of it plays am important role in it working and pumping sufficiently. CHD usually…

thyroid disease, congenital heart disease, HTN, bilateral PE May 2014, protein losing enteropathy, pleural effusion, , lower extremity cellulitis, Pseudomonas infection, acquired spastic diplegia of lower extremities, pulmonary stenosis, atrial septal defect and tricuspid regurgitation. At today’s visit she is accompanied by her father and private aide. She is awake, alert and oriented and is lying in bed on her back. She reports that in…

venous return of the right lung into the IVC or right atrium. It is usually diagnosed in childhood but it may be delayed until later in life when it is discovered incidentally (1). It is often associated with not only other cardiac defects including atrial septal defect,patent ductus arteriosus (2), hypoplasia of the left heart and aorta (3) but also lung anomalies like congenital right pulmonary hypoplasia and anomalous blood supply of the right pulmonary lower lobe from the infra…

autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by MacMahon and…

doctors delivered devastating news to my parents. They announced that I their youngest daughter had an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). This meant that there is a hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of your heart (atria). The doctors were sure that the only way to fix this was open heart surgery. Nonetheless, my father and mother…

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I walked into OHSU trembling with fear and clutching onto of my parents’ hands unwilling to let go. It felt like I was walking into the unknown, but in reality, I was walking into the cardiac surgery department for an open heart surgery. I was only four years old. I didn’t even know what a surgery meant! Although my parents and doctor tried to explain the surgery to me, I didn’t understand any of it. All I knew was I will be put to sleep and separated from my parents for hours. This fact alone…

be in the baby. There are many signs and symptoms that go with FAS. They are: poor growth while the child is in the womb, decreased muscle tone, poor coordination, and delayed development. Also, there are some heart defects such as, ventricular septal defect, and atrial septal defect. Problems with the child’s face, including narrow and small eyes, small head, and small upper jaws can occur as…

system, principally cardiac disease, vascular diseases of the brain and kidney, and peripheral arterial disease. The causes of cardiovascular disease are diverse but atherosclerosis and/or hypertension are the most common. In addition, with aging come a number of physiological and morphological changes that alter cardiovascular function and lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even in healthy asymptomatic individuals. Heart attacks and strokes are usually acute events and are mainly…