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I Have A Heart Murmur And Have Recently Been Diagnosed With A Significant Hole In My Heart. What Is "significant"?

I am going for an ablation of the atria . I have a heart murmur and have recently been diagnosed with a significant hole in my heart. What is significant ? I have rythym problems and a murmur. Guess I still have Afib. can everything be healed with an ablation? Will I need a pacemaker? I feel very tired almost all of the time, can t do even short walks...My heart feels tired in the chest area. Sometimes the slightest scare will cause my heart to tremble with fear.
Tue, 23 Nov 2010
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There is septum between two atriae. Hole in this septum called ASD, Atrial Septal Defect. Below the the atriae there are ventricles. Again there is a septum in between ventricles called Ventricular septum. There are valves between atria and ventricles. Significant means hole may involve into valve area. It might lead to rhythm problems because hole might have damaged conduction system. Primary anatomical problem, ASD, leads to heart failure. So Cardiology will close the hole. After that, if there any rhythm problems they can be treated with different methods.

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Dr. Jagdish
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I Have A Heart Murmur And Have Recently Been Diagnosed With A Significant Hole In My Heart. What Is "significant"?

WELCOME TO HEALTHCAREMAGIC There is septum between two atriae. Hole in this septum called ASD, Atrial Septal Defect. Below the the atriae there are ventricles. Again there is a septum in between ventricles called Ventricular septum. There are valves between atria and ventricles. Significant means hole may involve into valve area. It might lead to rhythm problems because hole might have damaged conduction system. Primary anatomical problem, ASD, leads to heart failure. So Cardiology will close the hole. After that, if there any rhythm problems they can be treated with different methods. If you tell me the diagnosis and ECHOCARDIOGRAM findings on the forum you get more help. Regards, Dr. Jagdish