Background Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital heart disease (CHD)
in adults and pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an established risk factor. A decision whether …

Extract Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a dreaded, although rare, complication of
uncorrected atrial septal defect (ASD), one of the most common congenital heart diseases …

Background Pretricuspid shunts have been associated with poorer survival rates in patients
with Eisenmenger syndrome compared with postricuspid shunts and complex lesions …

Background Patients with uncorrected isolated simple shunts associated pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH) had increased mortality. Treatment strategies for borderline …

Background Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, has been approved for the
treatment of pulmonary hypertension (PH). It improves exercise capacity, symptoms and …

In recent years an increasing number of elderly patients resort to transcatheter treatment of
their congenital heart lesions. Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) closure in cases of coexisting left …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an established risk factor in patients with atrial septal defect
(ASD), and its persistence after ASD closure is associated with increased mortality …