This condition is commonly known as the ‘hole in the heart.’ Ventricular Septal Defect is a birth defect seen in some infants wherein there is a hole between the two lower chambers of the heart (ventricles), which if left untreated may cause heart complications. If the hole is very small it may not need any treatment, but larger holes warrant surgery. Similarly, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is a hole in the wall between two upper chambers of the heart (atria). In a VSD/ASD repair, the surgeon will patch up the hole in the heart. In recent times, the repair is done in a minimally-invasive technique, where a catheter tube-like device is passed through a blood vessel near the groin to reach up to the area of the defect and the surgeon closes the hole by placing a mesh at the site.