Ventricular Septal Defect

Ventricular Septal Defect

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Diagnosis

To diagnose ventricular septal defect, your childs doctor will conduct a thorough medical exam. The following tests also maybe performed:

• Chest X-ray to see the heart's size
• Echocardiogram, a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart.
• Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), a test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
• Magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan may performed to better see the restricted area and surrounding blood vessels

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Last updated May 8, 2007