BACKGROUND: Outcomes for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum are suboptimal, while initial management remains controversial. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of ...

Billy was soon diagnosed with pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum (PAICVS) – a very serious form of congenital heart condition causing a lack of oxygenated blood to pump around ...

Edison was born with a rare congenital heart defect: pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS). He has had three open heart surgeries, the first when he was just two days old.