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==Ventricular septal defect== | ==Ventricular septal defect== | ||
*Abbreviated ''VSD''. | |||
===General=== | |||
*Common serious congenital heart defect. | *Common serious congenital heart defect. | ||
**Most common congenital defect = bicuspid aortic valve.<ref name=pmid20579534>{{cite journal |author=Siu SC, Silversides CK |title=Bicuspid aortic valve disease |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=55 |issue=25 |pages=2789–800 |year=2010 |month=June |pmid=20579534 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.068 |url=}}</ref> | **Most common congenital defect = bicuspid aortic valve.<ref name=pmid20579534>{{cite journal |author=Siu SC, Silversides CK |title=Bicuspid aortic valve disease |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=55 |issue=25 |pages=2789–800 |year=2010 |month=June |pmid=20579534 |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2009.12.068 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Often associated with other cardiac abnormalities, e.g. [[Tetralogy of Fallot]]. | |||
**20-30% of VSDs are isolated.<ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_287>{{Ref PCPBoD8|287}}</ref> | |||
Subtypes: | |||
#Membranous VSD ~ 90%. | |||
#*Near aortic valve. | |||
#Muscular VSD ~ 10%. | |||
Clinical: | |||
*Significance dependent on: | |||
**Size - large ones require an intervention, e.g. surgery. | |||
**Concurrent/associated pathology. | |||
==Atrial septal defect== | ==Atrial septal defect== | ||