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- Mild VSD
- causes no significant hemodynamic anomaly and thus warrants no therapy
- Severe VSD
- may require surgical repair of the defect
- a number of procedures are available
- Arterial vasodilators will reduce the degree of left to right shunting.
- Pulmonary artery banding procedures can spare pulmonary vascular damage a result of excessive fluid flowing through the pulmonary circulation.