The singer's daughter, who has Down syndrome, was diagnosed with a ventricular septal defect just after she was born in 2014 ...

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a hole in the septum, which is the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart. In many cases, the hole closes on its own. A ventricular septal defect is a ...

Septal myectomy removes part of a thickened septum to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. It can improve severe symptoms that do not respond to ...

An atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) is a condition in which there is a hole between the chambers of the left and right sides of the heart. Additionally, the valves between the chambers may not ...

I recently was hospitalized for something unrelated, but during my treatment, I was given a transesophageal echocardiogram that recorded a hole in my heart. The care team at the hospital where I was ...

Septal surgery, most commonly septoplasty, relies on intranasal packing to secure haemostasis, stabilise septal flaps and prevent postoperative complications such as haematoma and synechia formation.