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Wildcat blog : Heart issue ends OL Elmore's playing days
Tucson Citizen, AZ -
Cory suffered heart issues before his atrial septal defect was repaired on July 19, 2007. It's a similar surgery to what former UA linebacker and New ...
Best of the Best from the preps pages from West Oakland
Detroit Free Press, United States - Aug 3, 2008
Stephanie Fura -- During her freshman year at Clemson, the former Walled Lake Central (2006) diver had a severe case of atrial septal defect, a congenital ...LON:BEST
Atrial septal aneurysm associated with additional cardiovascular ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - Jul 19, 2008
IntroductionAtrial septal aneurysm (ASA) is often associated with other atrial septal abnormalities, particularly with atrial septal defect type ostium ...
TN hospital performs rare heart surgery
The Statesman, India - Jul 11, 2008
?This is the first time in the world that a hybrid procedure which involves three stages including use of keyhole surgery and ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) ...
Atrial natriuretic peptide and three-dimensional echocardiography ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - Jul 7, 2008
Atrial septal defect accounts for 10% of all congenital heart lesions and represent the third most congenital cardiac defect seen in adults. atrial ...

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Paxil Attorney: Your Guide to the Truth
Best Syndication, CA - Jul 22, 2008
The most common forms of Paxil induced birth defects of the heart were atrial septal defects or ventricular septal defects. It cannot be stressed enough ...
Nur Syuhadaa?s new lease of life
New Straits Times, Malaysia - Jul 30, 2008
... to the Gleneagles Medical Centre in Penang where the consultant cardiothoracic surgeon confirmed her heart ailment as an atrial septal defect (ASD). ...
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
RedOrbit, TX - Jul 15, 2008
Ninety percent of these anomalies are associated with an atrial septal defect. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return occurs more commonly on the right ...

Nigerian Tribune
That excessive menstrual flow could be uterine fibroid - By Ronke ...
Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria - Jul 26, 2008
... heart defects are common in Down syndrome, including abnormal openings (holes) in the walls that separate the heart?s chambers (atrial septal defect, ...
Alaska births are at higher risk
Anchorage Daily News (subscription), AK - Jul 17, 2008
Chief among those were "atrial septal defects" and "ventricular septal defects" involving holes in the walls of the heart. But Alaska also posted higher ...
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… closure of secundum atrial septal defects using the new self-centering amplatzer septal occluder: … -
J Masura, P Gavora, A Formanek, ZM Hijazi - Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) using clamshell or
buttoned devices is accompanied by a high incidence of residual shunt. ...

Secundum atrial septal defect. Nonoperative closure during cardiac catheterization -
TD King, SL Thompson, C Steiner, NL Mills - JAMA, 1976 - Am Med Assoc
... Secundum atrial septal defect. ... A 17-year-old girl had clinical and cardiac
catheterization findings compatible with a secundum atrial septal defect. ...

Closure of Atrial Septal Defects With the Amplatzer Occlusion Device: Preliminary Results -
BVD Thanopoulos, CV Laskari, GS Tsaousis, A … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1998 - Elsevier
... Closure of Atrial Septal Defects With the Amplatzer Occlusion Device: Preliminary
Results. ... Abbreviations: ASD, atrial septal defect; CI, confidence interval. ...

International experience with secundum atrial septal defect occlusion by the buttoned device. -
PS Rao, EB Sideris, G Hausdorf, C Rey, TR Lloyd, … - Am Heart J, 1994 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Am Heart J. 1994 Nov;128(5):1022-35. International experience with secundum
atrial septal defect occlusion by the buttoned device. ...

Atrial Arrhythmia after Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defects in Adults -
MA Gatzoulis, MA Freeman, SC Siu, GD Webb, L … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1999 - content.nejm.org
... Background Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are causes of morbidity in adults
with an atrial septal defect. ... Atrial Arrhythmia in Atrial Septal Defect. ...

Transvenous Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects Preliminary Results With a New Self-Expanding … -
MJA Sharafuddin, X Gu, JL Titus, M Urness, JJ … - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
... Current outcomes of surgical closure of secundum atrial septal defect. Am J Cardiol. ...
Transvenous atrial septal defect occlusion by the buttoned device. ...

A Comparison of Surgical and Medical Therapy for Atrial Septal Defect in Adults -
S Konstantinides, A Geibel, M Olschewski, L … - New England Journal of Medicine, 1995 - content.nejm.org
Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine -- A Comparison of Surgical
and Medical Therapy for Atrial Septal Defect in Adults. ...

Experimental atrial septal defect closure with a new, transcatheter, self-centering device -
GS Das, G Voss, G Jarvis, K Wyche, R Gunther, RF … - Circulation, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
... Heart Association. ARTICLES. Experimental atrial septal defect closure with
a new, transcatheter, self-centering device. GS Das, G ...

Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects with the new self-centering Amplatzer Septal … -
G Fischer, HH Kramer, J Stieh, P Harding, O Jung - European Heart Journal, 1999 - Eur Soc Cardiology
... Methods and Results Fifty-two consecutive patients with a significant atrial septal
defect were considered for trans-catheter closure with the Amplatzer Septal ...

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect and interatrial communications with a new self … -
KC Chan, MJ Godman, K Walsh, N Wilson, A Redington … - British Medical Journal, 1999 - heart.bmj.com
... Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect and interatrial communications with
a new self expanding nitinol double disc device (Amplatzer septal occluder ...

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Atrial Septal Defect

This condition is an opening in the wall that separates the two chambers of the heart. Atrial septal defect is found in six to 10 percent of all people born with heart disease. It occurs more often in girls than boys.

Symptoms

With this type of heart defect, a heart murmur (sound a doctor can hear with a stethoscope) will usually be discovered before the child is a year old. Without treatment, it can cause high blood pressure in the lungs and a high risk of an embolism (the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an air bubble or other particle circulating in the blood).

Diagnosis

Atrial septal defect can be diagnosed on the basis of the patient's symptoms.

Other tests to confirm the condition include:

  • X-rays to detect if the heart is getting larger and if the right atrium (top chamber), right ventricle (bottom chamber) and pulmonary artery are dilating
  • Electrocardiograph
  • Two-dimensional and doppler flow echocardiography (test of the heart done by sound waves)

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Treatment

Usually surgery is done to repair this condition when a child is between the ages of two and six years old. It can be done at younger ages if necessary.

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