BOSTON -- The first registry study to compare percutaneous versus surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) found upfront differences in survival that have an unclear impact ...
Alaric, born with several congenital heart defects, is a "super-bright" boy, his parents say.
On February 22, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (VSD Policy) to formalize DOJ’s efforts to incentivize companies to voluntarily self-report ...
A few Julys ago, I was on the Greek island of Hydra having the time of my life: riding boats, eating grilled octopus, sipping negronis, jumping off rocks into the Aegean Sea. While wandering that ...
Heart defect repair is surgery to fix a heart problem that prevents blood from flowing as it should through the heart. The doctor will make a large cut in your chest. The cut is called an incision. It ...
SINCE the advent of open-heart surgery ventricular septal defects have become a surgically correctable anomaly. Surgeons, in their understandable enthusiasm, have recommended early repair of these ...
Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH, was there in the early days of the CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), which first came online in 1990, when the agency convinced four health maintenance organizations (HMOs ...