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    Patients with VSD had lower survival compared with the general population. The HR for mortality was increased over 2.5-fold in patients with unrepaired defect (Eisenmenger syndrome excluded) and over 1.5-fold in patients with surgically closed defect (excluding surgical mortality).

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    Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are among the most common congenital heart defects, with an incidence rate of 3 to 3.5 per 1000 live births.1 VSDs range in size from tiny pinholes to the near absence of the ventricular septum. Perimembranous VSDs (pmVSDs) account for 80% of VSDs, involving the membranous septum. The membranous septum is adjacent to the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve on…

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