Sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) is usually associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) of the right pulmonary veins to the superior vena cava (SVC), or to the SVC-right atrial junction. Standard procedure for repair of this defect is a patch roofing of the sinus venosus ASD and rerouting of pulmonary veins. However, the presence of SVC stenosis is a complication o...

A 32-year-old man presented at the cardiology department for a routine check-up. He had no symptoms, particularly no cardio logical symptoms. Clinical examination and ECG revealed no abnormalities. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a mild dilatation of the right heart. Further functional evaluation of the right heart was performed with MRI to evaluate the presence of a left to right shunt a...

ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS (ASD) ACCOUNT FOR 5% TO 10% OF ALL CASES OF CONGENITAL heart disease and as many as 30% of cases of congenital heart disease presenting in adulthood. These defects make up a spectrum of interesting and distinct entities. The ostium secundum ASD accounts for 70% to 80% of all adult ASDs. Other less common forms of adult ASDs include ostium primum ASD (15% of ASDs), sinus ve...

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common congenital abnormality that occurs in the form of ostium secundum, ostium primum, sinus venosus, and rarely, coronary sinus defects. Pathophysiologic consequences of ASDs typically begin in adulthood, and include arrhythmia, paradoxical embolism, cerebral abscess, pulmonary hypertension, and right ventricular failure. Two-dimensional (2D) transthoracic ech...

A 31-yr-old female patient previously diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was referred to our centre for further evaluation. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and echocardiography revealed a superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Following re-diagnosis, surgical repair was considered. Despite a dispr...

OBJECTIVE We would like to share our experience of surgical repair of sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) using a simple "transcaval repair technique." METHOD Between January 2007 and October 2010, 48 consecutive patients of sinus venosus ASD underwent surgical repair using transcaval repair technique at our institute. Their ages ranged from 5 to 15 years and male to female ratio was 1.6...

The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) and sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) association is very rare and not yet reported in the literature. It is the main basis for this case report.

INTRODUCTION Anterior mini-thoracotomy approach is a good alternative to median sternotomy in Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) repair. Our purpose is to explain the details of our technique and peresent the results. METHODS Seventy five patients with ASD (52 female and 23 male) were operated with anterior mini-thoracotomy approach in our tertiary center between March 2012 and March 2014. The mean a...