2007-01-26 04:43:53 · 12 answers · asked by groucheta66 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
There are several names and those depend usually on where the hole is. The most common form is a defect between the two top chambers in the heart. This is called a patent foramen ovale (PFO). This opening in the septum (division between chambers) is present in fetal development but closes shortly after birth. When it doesn't close all the way it remains "patent". Thus the name.
Murmurs are the various abnormal sounds that the heart can make from abnormal or turbulent flow. Septal defects can cause murmurs, but lots of other things can too.
2007-01-26 04:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by dustoff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on where the hole is. If it is between the top two chambers (atria), it is either an Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) or a PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale). The ASD is where the septum, the wall between the atria, didn't meet properly. The PFO is where the hole in the heart used during fetal development to bypass the lungs didn't close (it should close with your first breath). Many people have either ASD or PFO and live quite normal lives.
If the hole is between the two lower chambers, the ventricles, it is caused a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD). A VSD is extremely dangerous and is usually found and repaired in infants.
VSD's must be repaired by surgery. An ASD or PFO may be closed during a heart cath, much like a stent placement, if you can find a physician who has experience in these procedures.
2007-01-26 16:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by janejane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another term is PFO, which stands for patent foramen ovale, a hole in the wall that divides the right and left chambers of the heart. We all have a PFO during before birth, which should close later in life.
2007-01-26 04:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where the hole is located exactly. The hole in the septum between two atria is ASD (atrial septal defect) or PFO (patent foramen ovale) ; the hole in the septum between two ventricles is VSD (ventricular septal defect).
2007-01-26 05:00:48 · answer #4 · answered by ranush 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hole is generally called a septal defect. The name depends on the location:
patent foramen ovale (an atrial septal defect)
ventricular septal defect
2007-01-26 04:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by RolloverResistance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VSD is correct. A murmur is just the sound produced from abnormal blood circulation in the heart and that can be from a hole or just from a leaky valve.
2007-01-26 04:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Septal defect usually
2007-01-26 06:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know it is called Ventricular Septal Defect, or VSD
2007-01-26 04:51:17 · answer #8 · answered by VW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart murmur
2007-01-26 04:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by asouthwell28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart mummer
2007-01-26 04:47:51 · answer #10 · answered by Janst 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋