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Abstract
Abnormalities in any part of the HEART SEPTUM resulting in abnormal communication between the left and the right chambers of the heart. The abnormal blood flow inside the heart may be caused by defects in the ATRIAL SEPTUM, the VENTRICULAR SEPTUM, or both.
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11 entry terms
- Cardiac Septal Defect
- Cardiac Septal Defects
- Heart Septal Defect
- Defect, Cardiac Septal
- Defect, Heart Septal
- Defects, Cardiac Septal
- Defects, Heart Septal
- Septal Defect, Cardiac
- Septal Defect, Heart
- Septal Defects, Cardiac
- Septal Defects, Heart
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34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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WG 220
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Heart Septal Defects. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006343. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006343
- Heart Septal Defects. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_septal_defect
- Heart Septal Defects. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16934669