27 percent reduction in conotruncal defects, or severe heart outflow tract abnormalities; 23 percent reduction in coarctation of the aorta — a narrowing of the major artery (the aorta) that carries blood to the body; 15 percent reduction in atrial and ventricular septal defects — holes in the wall
separating heart chambers; however, no changes were seen with regard to chromosomally associated defects — abnormality in the number of an infant's chromosomes.
Not exact matches
An atrial septal defect (ASD) is an opening or hole in the wall that
separates the two upper
chambers of the
heart.
The
heart has started to form in the second layer,
separating into
chambers and starting to pump blood through your baby's tiny body this week.
An echocardiogram showed that she has an atrial septal defect, or a so - called «hole» in the wall, that
separates the top two
chambers of the
heart.
An atrial septal defect is a hole in the part of the septum (wall) that
separates the upper
chambers of the
heart.
MMVD, also known as mitral valve prolapse, is a problem with the improper closure of the mitral valve
separating the upper and lower
chambers of the left side of the
heart.
In order of prevalence, the major
heart problems were pulmonic stenosis (= narrowed vein channel), patent (open) ductus arteriosus, aortic stenosis (= narrowed artery channel) and ventricular septal defect (hole in the
heart muscle that
separates its two lower
chambers).
Within a «normal»
heart, the atria are
separated by the interatrial septum which acts as a dividing wall between the two atrial
chambers, thus preventing blood to flow back and forth.