Ventricular septal defect - muscular

Case contributed by Ayush Goel
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Routine fetal echocardiography at 22 weeks gestation.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
ultrasound

Small muscular VSD (appx. 2 mm) with bidirectional flow.

Case Discussion

Small VSD may be difficult to detect on gray scale imaging. Majority of such small defects close by themselves before birth or within two years after birth.

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