Topic
Ventricular Septal Defects

Presented By
Eileen Tyrala, MD, attending cardiologist, Division of Cardiology; director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship; director of education, Echocardiography Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; associate professor of pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the Van Praagh classification of ventricular septal defects
• Identify overlap of various classification systems
• Review the premise and overall classification of unified VSD nomenclature: ICD-11 terms developed by International Society for Nomenclature of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (ISNPCHD)

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing personnel, fellows, residents, medical students and other health care professionals who take care of children

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