This paper presents serial cardiac-catheterization data showing spontaneous functional closure of large symptomatic defects in 3 infants. One had an associated moderate-sized patent ductus arteriosus ...
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007;5(6):1135-1146. Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes symptoms late in adult life. Echocardiography and MRI ...
PULMONARY hypertension is a serious and relatively frequent complication of the ostiumsecundum type of defect of the atrial septum. 1–4 It increases the symptoms and disability of cardio-respiratory ...