The septum of the heart is a wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart and enables blood to flow as it should. It consists of the atrial septum and the ventricular septum.

Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are the second most common type of congenital heart disease. The most frequent variant of ASD, the ostium secundum (OS) type, results from deficiency of the flap valve of ...

To heart wire, Krishnan said: "We are describing this novel cardiac anatomy for the first time. Increased recognition of this left atrial septal pouch has the potential to cause a paradigm shift in ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, occurring in approximately 0.9% of live births. Sadly, they are also the leading cause of ...

This paper presents serial cardiac-catheterization data showing spontaneous functional closure of large symptomatic defects in 3 infants. One had an associated moderate-sized patent ductus arteriosus ...