… Secundum ASD closure can be performed surgically or … In the surgical closure group,
elevated pulmonary arterial pressure … Early and late complications associated with transcatheter …

… of pulmonary artery pressure, right ventricular, left atrium, left … decreased 6 months after ASD
closure. Statistically … of secundum ASDs closed by the percutaneous transcatheter method …

… pericardiotomy syndrome, arrhythmia, and scar formation [3]. … Patients with secundum
ASD and left to right shunt, sinus … of the pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular …

… in children after transcatheter secundum ASD (ASD II) closure … measured mean pulmonary
artery pressure equal to or … to close atrial septal defects at an early age before arrhythmias …

… and pulmonary artery dilation: even significant ASD often … -making in secundum atrial septal
defect closure (Left side): … nowadays in order to close secundum ASD including the most …

… and failure, arrhythmias, and pulmonary arterial hypertension (… transcatheter devices are
designed for secundum ASDs only… It can close ASDs up to 35 mm in diameter. Choice of device …

… whether surgical or percutaneous closure of ASD affects the … TR pressure gradient was used
as an alternative tool to … /Qs and pulmonary artery pressure through cardiac catheterization …

… All secundum ASD patients who were processed to close ASD … Pulmonary arterial pressure
was normalized in 4 patients … ASDs are closed because of the potential for serious late …

… transcatheter ASD closure had a mean pulmonary artery … patients with secundum ASD closed
by transcatheter occlusion … with a pronounced left-right shunt and Qp/Qs greater than 1.5. …

… and the majority of defects are now closed percutaneously [3]. … of transcatheter secundum
ASD closure on prevalent atrial … and pulmonary artery pressures/presence of pulmonary …