[13] For the most frequent defect, the secundum ASD ... to close secundum ASD including the most widely used Amplatzer Septal Occluder® (AGA Medical Corp., MN, USA), the Starflex Occluder ...
A classification with clinical significance is proposed for ventricular septal defect based on the study of 220 hearts with defects of the ventricular septum. All had atrioventricular and ...
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 ...
Introduction Careful, stepwise assessment is required in all patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) to exclude pulmonary vascular or left ventricular (LV) disease. Fluid challenge and balloon ...
Disturbances in atrial conduction or rhythm, or both, were found in 16 of 27 patients undergoing the surgical creation of an atrial septal defect by the Blalock-Hanlon technique. These included P-wave ...