Sunday, January 24, 2010

In some rare cases babies have a hole in their septum.?

What would you observe about such babies and what is the cause of the features observed?In some rare cases babies have a hole in their septum.?
Ventricular septal defect:


';a loud heart murmur along the left side of the lower breast bone or sternum is heard';


After six months:


Fast breathing


Sweating


Pallor


Very fast heartbeats


Decreased feeding


Poor weight gain





';No one knows what causes ventricular septal defects, but they probably come from a malformation of the heart that occurs while the infant is developing in the womb.';





';Ventricular Septal Defect Overview


Ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles of the heart. This abnormality usually develops before birth and is found most often in infants.





The ventricles are the 2 lower chambers of the heart. The wall between them is called the septum. A hole in the septum is called a septal defect.





If the hole is located between the upper chambers or atria, it is called an atrial septal defect.';

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