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Mortality in patients with ventricular septal defect in Sweden: a national register study

Objectives Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital heart defect. Much remains unclear about the ...

Boy, 3, with rare heart condition thrives after op

Alaric, born with several congenital heart defects, is a "super-bright" boy, his parents say.
Heart

Aortic coarctation and long-term morbidity after arterial switch operation: a multicentre international cohort study

Background In patients with dextro-transposition of the great arteries, cardiovascular interventions and complications are ...
Ophthalmology Times

Cardiac septal defects: Possible predictors of ocular comorbidities in Down syndrome children

A retrospective cohort of 15,045 Down syndrome patients with septal defects and 15,045 without enabled comparative risk ...
Business Wire

NEL Animal Cardiovascular Center Achieves World’s First Surgical Correction of Complex VSD in Canine Patient

ANYANG, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEL Animal Cardiovascular Center, a private 24-hour animal hospital in South Korea, said that its cardiac surgery team has successfully performed the world’s ...