What is ventricular septal defect?

A ventricular septal defect is a defect in the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart. A loud harsh murmur at the lower left border of the sternum is common.

How do members experience ventricular septal defect?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with ventricular septal defect*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for ventricular septal defect*

Who has ventricular septal defect on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 9
30s 21
40s 12
50s 8
60s 11
70+ 4

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 26
Female 38

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What is ventricular septal defect?

A ventricular septal defect is a defect in the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart. A loud harsh murmur at the lower left border of the sternum is common.



Common symptoms reported by people with ventricular septal defect

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for ventricular septal defect

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Compare treatments taken by people with ventricular septal defect

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Who has ventricular septal defect on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 28 say VSD is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 9
30s 21
40s 12
50s 8
60s 11
70+ 4
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 20
20-29 years 1
30-39 years 2
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 26
Female 38

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 34
Not Diagnosed 2

These charts show data from VSD patients who have completed their condition history
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