Congenital Heart Defect, Which Is Most Common In Women? - Dr. Aklog (VIDEO)
Dr. Aklog shares the congenital heart defect most common in women.
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Dr. Aklog:
By far the most common congenital heart defect in adult women is something called an atrial septal defect, and that’s often referred to as "a hole in the heart," which sounds fairly dramatic, and it’s an opening between the two atrial chambers, the receiving chambers of the heart, an opening that exists in the womb and is supposed to seal but just does not seal in some adults.
About Dr. Aklog, M.D.:
Dr. Lishan Aklog is the current Director and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Heart and Lung Institute of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and Director of EmpowHer's Medical Advisory Board. Specializing in adult cardiac care, he graduated from Harvard College followed by Harvard Medical School. Dr. Aklog was a cardiothoracic resident at Brigham and Women’s/Boston Children’s Hospital, an Associate Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and completed international fellowships in London, England and Paris, France.
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