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 ...

Brett Green was 21 years old when he first found out he would eventually need a liver transplant due to a rare, chronic liver ...

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 ... While treatment guidelines advocate surgical closure of large symptomatic secundum atrial septal defects ...

However, if it does not close on its own, it can lead to serious health problems. Atrial Septal Defect An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole between the heart’s upper chambers (atria), which allows ...

The patient’s medical journey began in 2004 in the US, where she was diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (ASD), a congenital heart problem, the hospital said in a press release. Over the ...

[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 ...