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Teacher:
Elisa Vannuccini
Student:
Edoardo Paci
What is it?
• it’s the most frequent of congenital heart disease
Incidence
• Congenital heart defects occur in 1% of newborns. The
50% of these have a ventricular septal defect. In
premature infants the incidence of this malformation may
also be 10 times greater.
Effects
Ineffective
circulation
Polmonary
congestion
Congestive
heart failure
Treatments
Medical
Surgical
Complication
• If not treated can cause death within the 30 years
of age.
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