Heart septal defect explained

Heart septal defect
Field:	cardiology

Heart septal defect refers to a congenital heart defect^[1] of one of the septa of the heart.

• Atrial septal defect
• Atrioventricular septal defect
• Ventricular septal defect

Although aortopulmonary septal defects are defects of the aorticopulmonary septum, which is not technically part of the heart, they are sometimes grouped with the heart septal defects.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Congenital Heart Defects NHLBI, NIHal . www.nhlbi.nih.gov . 31 October 2021.