A cardiac ASD (atrial septal defect) is a type of congenital heart disease (CHD). Approximately eight children out of a thousand are born with a CHD. About 10% of these CHDs are atrial septal defects.

Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality when their child is diagnosed with an atrial septal defect (ASD) — a condition where a hole exists between the upper chambers of the ...

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 ...

This is a defect in another heart valve, the tricuspid valve, which may keep it from closing tightly. Babies who have Ebstein’s also often have an atrial septal defect (ASD). Pulmonary valve ...

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the most common CHDs in children, accounting for approximately 6%–10% of CHDs, with an approximate population incidence of 1–3 per 1000. The atrial septum ...

That’s because, unbeknownst to Leake and her family, she was born with a hole in her heart, called an atrial septal defect, or ASD. During her first year of grad school, it ended up causing ...

IL Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common and simple type of ASD. Echocardiography (less frequently transesophageal echocardiography) is the first-line diagnostic test. 3D ...