Purpose of review Elevated left atrial pressure is a common physiologic perturbation in
symptomatic heart failure. A number of interatrial septal devices (IASD) are being studied …

Objectives. To compare the failure ratio and inhospital complications across three age
groups of patients and to investigate the effects of balloon sizing on the success and the …

The acute impact of transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure on left ventricular (LV)
diastolic function was assessed in 15 consecutive children, and pre-and postclosure data …

Since the introduction of transcatheter interventional occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASDs)
by King and coworkers, the device closure has become the standard treatment of selected …

Background Transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO)
closure might have opposite short-and long-term haemodynamic consequences compared …

Atrial septal defects (ASDs) are one of the most common congenital heart disorders
encountered by cardiologists. Percutaneous ASD closure for secundum ASD is commonly …

This highly illustrated, well-written and beautifully produced text is aimed at cardiologists
and internal medical doctors, whether qualified or in-training, who are not specialized in the …

Pulmonary hypertension is present in approximately 5% of patients with adult congenital
heart disease. These patients have worse functional status and increased mortality. There …

Resting right ventricular (RV) systolic function has in some studies been shown to be
impaired after correction of an atrial septal defect (ASD) whereas impairment of left …

During the past decade a 'more modern'natural history of atrial septal defect (ASD) in adults
has been written, but still the ASD remains by far the most underdiagnosed congenital heart …