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23 sty 2024 · Learn how an atrial septal defect (ASD) is diagnosed with tests such as echocardiogram, chest X-ray and ECG. Find out about treatment options, including catheter-based repair, open-heart surgery and medications.
7 sie 2023 · This activity describes the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of atrial septal defect and highlights the role of team-based interprofessional care for affected patients. Objectives: Identify the etiology of atrial septal defect. Outline the presentation of a patient with atrial septal defect.
31 maj 2022 · Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital heart lesion in adults and is often asymptomatic until adulthood. Diagnosis is important, as timely ASD repair improves outcomes. (See "Management of atrial septal defects in adults".)
Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Septal Defect and Patent Foramen Ovale: From the American Society of Echocardiography and Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
Diagnosis is by echocardiography. Treatment is transcatheter device closure or surgical repair. (See also Overview of Congenital Cardiovascular Anomalies.) Atrial septal defects account for about 6 to 10% of cases of congenital heart disease (1).
10 paź 2006 · Patients with isolated atrial septal defects (ASDs) have benefited from important recent advances in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of their conditions. This review will focus on adolescent and adult patients with sizeable ASDs who do not have other major associated cardiac defects.
15 lip 2022 · Learn about atrial septal defect (ASD), a congenital heart defect that involves a hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. Find out how ASD is diagnosed, what complications it can cause and how it can be treated.
