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Jul 29, 2022 · In patients >60 years of age, 20% experience atrial flutter and 50% experience atrial fibrillation. Patients with ASD may benefit from lifelong adult congenital heart disease care, specifically those undergoing repair later in life or those with primum ASDs and associated AV valve abnormalities.
May 31, 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" .)
Feb 3, 2023 · Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital lesion in adults after bicuspid aortic valve. Although the defect often causes no symptoms until adulthood, potential complications of an undetected ASD include atrial arrhythmias, paradoxical embolization, cerebral abscess, right ventricular (RV) volume overload with late RV failure, and ...
Aug 16, 2018 · The “Interventional Therapy Versus Medical Therapy for Secundum Atrial Septal Defect: A Systematic Review (Part 2) for the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease” S4.1.1-1 has additional data and analyses. The results from the question “Are outcomes in asymptomatic patients with unoperated ...
- Karen K. Stout, Curt J. Daniels, Jamil A. Aboulhosn, Biykem Bozkurt, Craig S. Broberg, Jack M. Colma...
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Dec 20, 2023 · Indications for ASD closure, medical management, pathophysiology, anatomy, natural history, and clinical features of ASDs in adults, the identification and assessment of ASDs, and issues related to ASDs in children are discussed separately.
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.
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Jan 23, 2024 · Tests that help diagnose an atrial septal defect (ASD) include: Echocardiogram. This is the main test used to diagnose an atrial septal defect. Sound waves are used to make pictures of the beating heart. An echocardiogram shows the structure of the heart chambers and valves.
