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

IL Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common and simple type of ASD. Echocardiography (less frequently transesophageal echocardiography) is the first-line diagnostic test. 3D ...

The anomalies are (1) termination of the left superior vena cava in the left atrium, (2) absence of the coronary sinus, and (3) an atrial septal defect lying in the postero-inferior angle of the ...

In ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) there are separate atrioventricular valvar orifices despite a common junction, while in complete AVSD the valve itself is also shared. Three different ...

Covered stent correction (CSC) of a superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect is an alternative to surgery in selected patients, but anatomic variation means that assessment for CSC requires a ...

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

There are few topics in adult congenital heart disease as persistently debated as the management of atrial septal defects (ASDs). The paper by Jemielity and colleagues ... The “Canadian ...

What is a ventricular septal defect? A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a congenital heart defect. This means that your baby is born with it. A VSD is a hole in the wall (septum) that separates the ...

Green is one of the subjects in the first episode of the four-part series produced by Vancouver production company Omnifilm ...

an atrial septal defect (ASD), 22 (6%) a partial atrioventricular septal defect (PAVSD), 16 (5%) tetralogy of Fallot, 14 (4%) a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and 7 (2%) were in the miscellaneous ...

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 ...