Ventricular Septal Defect
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Alterations of Cardiovascular Function in Children — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 24:03All right, let's move down to the lower chambersThe ventricular septal defect or VSD, this is the heavyweight, it's the most common congenital heart defect, making up roughly a third…And it is much, much more aggressive than an ASD because the pressure gradient here is massiveCaring for the Child With a Cardiovascular Condition — Davis Advantage for Maternal-Child Nursing Care▶ 5:36If there's a hole between the left and right sides of the heart, that massive pressure from the left ventricle is going…And the most common example of this is a VSD, a ventricular septal defectThere's literally a hole in the septum, the wall, dividing the two lower pumping chambersCardiovascular Disorders in Children Nursing Care — Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & Childrearing Family▶ 1:03They're about to go homeTheir baby was just diagnosed with a moderate ventricular septal defect, a VSDThe most common heart defect