ASD/VSD- classification

Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a defect in the ventricular septum, the wall dividing the left and right ventricles of the heart. The ventricular septum consists of an inferior muscular and superior membranous portion and is extensively innervated with conducting cardiomyocytes. see (nlm.nih.gov)

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a congenital heart defect in which the wall that separates the upper heart chambers (atria) does not close completely. Congenital means the defect is present at birth.

6 years ago when our youngest sister was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. i was wondering if she will be fine  without early medications.  One thing i know that congenital heart disease refers to a problem with the heart's structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth. Congenital means present at birth. You can hardly recognized and even diagnosed a person with this kind of heart problem.  My sister never possesses anything that will recognize her with a heart disease.  She looks like a normal person physically.  She doesn't get unconcious.  You can hardly recognized this kind of congenital disorders only when you visit your physician. Regular check up is much more important that anything.  They said "Prevention is better than Cure".  It was really true.