VSD stands for?

VSD stands for?

• A. Vascular Septal Disorder
• B. Ventricular Septal Dysplasia
• C. Ventricular Septal Defect
• D. Venous Septal Disorder

Answer: (C)

Ventricular septal defect is a congenital hole in the wall that separates the heart’s ventricles. This creates a left-to-right shunt because pressure is higher in the left ventricle, so oxygenated blood crosses into the right side and can increase blood flow to the lungs. The terms explain exactly what is defective: a problem in the ventricular septum (the wall between the two ventricles) leading to a defect or gap. In clinical terms, VSD can range from small defects that may close on their own to large ones that cause heart failure in infancy, often heard as a harsh holosystolic murmur best at the left lower sternal border. Other phrases like vascular or venous septal disorder, or ventricular septal dysplasia, don’t describe a hole in the ventricular septum or its typical hemodynamics.

Ventricular septal defect is a congenital hole in the wall that separates the heart’s ventricles. This creates a left-to-right shunt because pressure is higher in the left ventricle, so oxygenated blood crosses into the right side and can increase blood flow to the lungs. The terms explain exactly what is defective: a problem in the ventricular septum (the wall between the two ventricles) leading to a defect or gap. In clinical terms, VSD can range from small defects that may close on their own to large ones that cause heart failure in infancy, often heard as a harsh holosystolic murmur best at the left lower sternal border. Other phrases like vascular or venous septal disorder, or ventricular septal dysplasia, don’t describe a hole in the ventricular septum or its typical hemodynamics.