Diseases

Heart Septal Defects

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

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.

MeSH Record

Classification

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

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

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

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.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

MeSH Record

History Note

64

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

WG 220

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Heart Septal Defects. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006343. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006343
  2. Heart Septal Defects. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_septal_defect
  3. Heart Septal Defects. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16934669