Looking at Maria*, a six years old playful girl, peeping at the doctor from the corner of the room; who would say she was having a hole in her heart even few weeks back? Maria was born with a birth defect called Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), having a hole in the wall (septum) between the two upper chambers of heart. As a result, some oxygenated blood from the left heart chamber flows through the hole in the septum into the right heart chamber, where it mixes with oxygen-poor blood and increases the total amount of blood that flows toward the lungs. So right part of heart becomes enlarged and high pressure develops in lungs (pulmonary hypertension).
...Any chest pain should not be ignored and delayed. Seek immediate help in the Emergency Department of a hospital that is offering 24/7 primary angioplasty (PCI) service.
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