… the septal defect by transcatheter or surgical intervention is still … -mm ASDO opened in the
left atrium in close proximity of the … Electrocardiogram showed atrial fibrillation and a computed …

… agreed that an ASD associated with a large left-to-right … Further, we closed interatrial
communications in children as … transcatheter and surgical closure of secundum atrial septal defect …

… are a secundum ASD and a persistent left SVC draining into … to evaluate pulmonary
artery pressures, evaluate left heart … A secundum ASD may be closed with direct sutures (“primary …

… , mean pulmonary artery pressure, or the number of cases of … , and the left atrial disc was
easily pulled to the right atrium. … Therefore, the porous ASD of children should be as close as …

… pulmonary artery pressure should be closed. Interestingly, some … Reports of transcatheter
secundum ASD closure studies … Phasic and mean pressures in the right and left atria are equal …

… increases in pulmonary artery pressure, worsening tricuspid … ASD closed (surgically or
percutaneously) continue to suffer … pulmonary pressures, in the context of secundum ASDs likely …

… hypertension, right heart failure, and arrhythmias. Sometimes … of defect, female sex and
non-closed status are its predictors. … Larger ASDs are associated with greater shunting from left to …

… ) remodeling and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) … significant left-to-right shunt
via isolated secundum ASD with … sequence of the procedure for closing the atrial septal defect. …

… pulmonary arterial pressure decrease after ASD closure. Our … significance, ASDs other
than those of the secundum type (… transcatheter closure of the ASD may be performed with or …

… , surgical and transcatheter options to close the ASD are … and the left atrial or pulmonary
arterial wedge pressure is re-… , arrhythmia, and even more rarely with signs of CHF. The …