heart defect

  • 1Congenital heart defect — Classification and external resources The normal structure of the heart (left) in comparison to two common locations for a ventricular septal defect (right), the most common form of congenital heart defect.[1] …

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  • 2Migraines associated with PFO heart defect — PFO, or patent foramen ovale, is a heart valve in humans that usually closes off at or shortly after birth. The valve’s function is to let the circulating blood bypass the lungs, which the body doesn t rely on until a newborn starts breathing air …

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  • 3Acyanotic heart defect — The Congenital Heart defect, which comprises approximately 75% of all of these congenital heart defects acyanotic heart defects . This contains any heart defect of a group of structural effects. It can be subdivided into two groups depending on… …

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  • 4Cyanotic heart defect — A cyanotic heart defect is a group type of congenital heart defects (CHDs). The patient appears blue (cyanotic), due to deoxygenated blood bypassing the lungs and entering the systemic circulation. This can be caused by right to left or… …

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  • 5Class IV heart defect — A Class IV heart defect is a type of problem with a patient s heart whereby the condition of the heart is impaired or otherwise bad. Problems such as a hole in the heart, severe/minor heart attack, weak heart, malfunctioning of heart, etc. would… …

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  • 6Heart valve dysplasia — is a congenital heart defect which affects the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid heart valves. Pulmonary valve stenosis and aortic valve stenosis are discussed separately. Dysplasia of the mitral and tricuspid valves can cause leakage of… …

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  • 7congenital heart defect — noun a birth defect involving the heart • Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality • Hyponyms: ↑septal defect, ↑ …

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  • 8defect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fundamental, major, obvious, serious, severe ▪ a fundamental defect in the product ▪ mild, minor …

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  • 9Heart valve repair — Intervention ICD 9 CM 35.0 35.2 Heart valve repair is a surgical technique used to fix defects in …

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  • 10Heart chamber — is a general term used to refer to any chambers of the mammalian heart. The heart consists of four chambers: the right and left atrium and the right and left ventricle. The top chambers are connected to the bottom chambers by valves and are… …

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