Atrial septal defects (ASDs) represent the most common congenital heart defect diagnosed
in adulthood. Although considered a simple defect, challenges in optimal diagnostic and …

Objective Despite the establishment of transcatheter closure as the treatment of choice in
adults with secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs), the effectiveness of this approach in the …

Background Atrial septal defect (ASD) increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular
outcomes. Despite the potential for risk mitigation through minimally invasive percutaneous …

Objectives The long-term outcomes after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASD)
in adults are reported and compared between age groups and against population control …

Background This study aimed to evaluate the long‐term mortality and cause‐specific
mortality of patients with atrial septal defect (ASD) in a nationwide cohort. Methods and …

Gaining evidence-based treatment and management advice for the growing population of
patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) without prospective randomized controlled …

Low work participation is well known in patients with chronic disease but has not been
described in patients with atrial septal defect (ASD). In this nation-wide cohort study, we …

Concomitant systemic essential hypertension (HTN) in adults with a secundum atrial septal
defect (ASD) can unfavorably affect the hemodynamics and transcatheter ASD closure …

Objective To describe the intervention spectrum, complexity, and safety outcomes of catheter-
based interventions in a contemporary adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) tertiary …

Background We sought to assess the effects of percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD)
closure on blood biomarker levels that possibly reflect reverse cardiac remodeling …