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Ventricular septal defect occurs when there is an opening between the between the two ventricles (lower chambers) of the heart. This opening, if large, can interfere with circulation. The VSD closure can be performed surgically (and sometimes nonsurgically using catheters) by sowing a patch or the pericardium over the opening. Tissue usually grows over the patch, making the closure permanent.
Dr. Fekry El Deeb is one of the first interventional Cardiologists in the Middle East. He started practicing Coronary Angioplasty at the Catharina Hospital, The Netherlands in 1986. He has worked in major hospitals such as the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center and the King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as a Consultant and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. With interventional experience of more than 25 years, Dr. Fekry has performed over 10,000 different coronary, peripheral and valvular procedures
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