Sentences with phrase «separating heart chambers»

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.

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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.
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