1231 Left atrial septal and lateral wall strains contain different pressure information: Utility in pulmonary hypertension

Integrated Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Occlusion and Pulmonary Balloon Valvuloplasty

Introduction: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital heart diseases during childhood. Today, ASD closure is done by occlutech device via cardiac catheterization. ASD repair with transcatheter technique has shown high closure rate. However, coexistence of severe pulmonary stenosis and large defect in atrial septum is rare. When these two problems coexist, the result is i...

Atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension in professional soccer player.

This study reports a rare case of late diagnosis of atrial septal defect (ASD) with pulmonary hypertension (PH) through two-dimensional echocardiography (ECHO) in a professional soccer player who resumed high-performance sports activity after surgery.

Cyanosis in a primum atrial septal defect without pulmonary hypertension.

Association between pulmonary hypertension and an atrial septal defect

An ASD is a relatively common congenital heart disease with a birth prevalence of 1.6 per 1000 live births, and a probability of survival into adulthood of 97 % [2, 3]. Different types of ASDs exist, and the secundum type, located at the fossa ovalis, is the most common (75 %) [4]. An ASD is characterised by a left-to-right shunt with volume overload of the right heart and pulmonary overcircula...

Atrial septal defect with right to left shunt despite normal pulmonary artery pressure.

A 74 year old woman had right to left shunting through an atrial septal defect despite normal right heart pressures. Acute volume expansion temporarily reduced the shunt. Contrast echocardiography and angiography demonstrated that this shunting occurred almost exclusively from the inferior vena cava. At surgery a redundant flap of septum secundum was found that was adjacent to the inferior vena...