Heart septal defect

Heart septal defect
Specialty	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.

References

1. "Congenital Heart Defects | NHLBI, NIHal". www.nhlbi.nih.gov. Retrieved 31 October 2021.