Atrial Septal Defect

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.

Atrial septal defect is one of the common types of congenital heart disease. Although recognized for centuries and receiving increasing attention since 1900, it was the detailed description by Bedford, Papp, and Parkinson in 1941, of the physical, electrocardiographic, radiological, and diagnostic features, the complications, and the clinical course, that brought the salient characteristics of ...

Atrial Septal Defect

T HE less obvious diseases occurring in the aged are often overlooked in clinical practice and have been given little mention in medical literature. Atrial septal defect has a high incidence in youth and middle age. Among individuals over the age of 50 it is the most common major congenital defect.' The refinement of diagnostic criteria is made imperative by the fact that rapidly progressive ca...

Secundum atrial septal defect

A 20-year-old woman presented for evaluation of palpitations and one episode of near syncope after exertion. Her past medical history was remarkable only for a diagnosis of exercise-induced asthma. She was involved in competitive sports at her University, participating on the track team. She denied any chest discomfort, dyspnea at rest, or perceived exercise limitation. She had never had lower ...

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