Ventricular Septal Defect (Vsd)

A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is an opening in the Ventrikelseptumwand, which leads to a shunt between the ventricles. Large ventricular septal defects cause a large left-right shunt and cause breathing difficulties in feeding and slow growth in infancy. A loud, rough, holosystolic noise at the left lower sternal border is common. Frequent infections of the respiratory and heart failure may occur. The diagnosis is made by echocardiography. The defect…