Ventricular septal defect

Cardiomyopathy is a condition where the heart muscle is abnormal. The main types of cardiomyopathy include dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy makes it harder for your heart to pump and deliver blood to the rest of your body. Cardiomyopathy can lead to heart failure. But to science certain it is not known which is the cause that causes this disease only knows that there is a variety of this disease. Cardiomyopathy can be treated. The type of treatment you 'll…

When a patient presents to the hospital with a MI the optimal treatment to relieve pain is oxygen, nitroglycerin, and morphine sulfate respectively (Boateng, 2013). Aspirin 160-325mg orally should also be administered to patients presenting with an acute MI (Ryan et. al, 2015). Depending on whether the patient is presenting with STEMI or non-STEMI will determine the next plan of action. If a patient is diagnosed with a STEMI it is pertinent to apply reperfusion therapy, a therapy that restores…

cardiac cycle. Murmurs are either caused by valve defects or interchamber defects, and they can be classified as systolic or diastolic murmurs. Systolic murmurs happen during ventricular contraction and diastolic during ventricular filling. Heart murmurs can occur later in life, or they can be congenital (something you are born with). Some causes of atypical heart murmurs include valve calcification, rheumatic fever, valve calcification, septal defects, cardiac shunts, and valve abnormalities.…

Congenital aortico-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT) is rare and similar to ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm. There are limited reports describing these rare entities and their associated surgical treatment. Between July 2004 and April 2016, three patients of different ages were diagnosed with aortico-left ventricular tunnel: two in infancy and one in adulthood. Diagnosis was challenging in all three patients. Surgical treatment with patch closure was successful in all three patients. Regardless…

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…

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…

child deaths, spontaneous abortions and stillbirths etc. Also there are reports indicating positive association between consanguinity and Down syndrome, and also ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD), atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), pulmonary stenosis (PS) and pulmonary atresia (PA). The risk for birth defects in the offspring of first cousin matings has been increased to 5-8% compared to 2-3% in non-consanguineous marriages. The phenomenon of inbreeding increases…

left-sided heart failure occurs when the left ventricle failed to pump proficiently. It prevents the body from receiving adequate oxygen-rich blood. The blood backs up into the lungs causing fluid to build up and causes shortness of breath. ventricular septal defect cardiomyopathy, anterior myocardial infarction cardiac tamponade, etc. are causes of left-sided heart failure. Right-sided heart failure…

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 effects the right ventricular directly or indirectly (Gilbert et all,…

Atresia is a very serious type of congenital heart condition. There are actually two main characteristics: 1) The pulmonary valve, which allows the blood to flow from the heart to the lungs, is completely blocked. 2) There is a large hole- ventricular septal defect- between the two main pumping chambers in the heart. You see, in a normal heart, the blood passes the pulmonary artery to the lungs to collect oxygen. With people who have pulmonary atresia, the blood can’t pass through the artery,…