When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart ... this becomes reality when their child is diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (ASD) — a condition where a hole exists between ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

An atrial septal defect of the secundum type is relatively common and occurs from failure of the septum secundum to develop. This results in a communication between the left and right atrium ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...

If you are a mother, who gave birth to a baby with a heart defect ... Small holes (e.g. small ventricular septal defect or atrial septal defect): Many of these close on their own within the ...

Researchers have reported a possible link between newborn ... underlying defect in fetal neurodevelopment, or, alternatively, NE might cause or be the first sign of an ASD in newborn children.