Summary algorithm for management of operated and non operated patients with different types of atrial septal defects. ASD: Atrial septal defect.

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

[13] For the most frequent defect, the secundum ASD, percutaneous closure ... Postprocedure atrial fibrillation and persistent atrial septal aneurysm had been found as significant predictors ...

She was born with a congenital heart defect, an Atrial Septal Defect, ASD, commonly known as a “hole in the heart” that ...

When young patients with an oval fossa defect present early with symptoms of heart failure and pulmonary hypertension ... While treatment guidelines advocate surgical closure of large symptomatic ...