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We studied, with echocardiography as a main tool, the natural processes of 211 patients with uncomplicated ventricular septal defect(VSD)(incidence, 5.33 per 1,000 live births); 146(69.2%) had a perimembranous VSD and 32 (15.2%) had a subarterial, 25(11.8%) had a muscular type of VSD. Cumulative rate of spontaneous closure was 26.1%. In the closure processes, about three-fourth of perimembranous VSd showed a... |