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Ventricular Septal Defect

Internet URL

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/vsd/vsd_what.html  

Sponsoring Agency

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health

Description

Ventricular (ven-TRICK-u-lar) septal defect (VSD) is a hole in the wall that separates the lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart.

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Review Date

4/25/2007