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Influencer Estee Williams' daughter, Estelle, was born with a ventricular septal heart defect in September 2025 ...

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Early Percutaneous VSD Closure Promising in High-risk, Post MI Patients

While patients who undergo percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) have a high rate of in-hospital mortality, long-term outcomes are generally favorable in those who survive to ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Transcatheter endovascular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the persistence of one or more holes in the septum that separates the left and right ventricles of the heart. VSD is the most common congenital heart defect. Left ...
Nature

Risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very-low-birth-weight infants with isolated atrial and ventricular septal defects

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is associated with a significant morbidity and mortality in premature infants. We sought to identify the frequency of NEC in very-low-birth-weight infants with isolated ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Transcatheter endovascular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of transcatheter endovascular closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) is adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that ...