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.

Learn about atrial septal defects in babies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and long-term outlook for this common congenital heart condition. Skip to content. News; ...

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.

Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) An ASD is a hole in the wall between the upper chambers, or the right and left atria, of your heart. A hole here lets blood from the left atrium mix with blood in the ...

SPONTANEOUS closure of ventricular septal defects, which was first postulated on the basis of changing clinical findings in 19181 2 3 and first demonstrated by serial cardiac-catheterization studie ...

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.

Readers of this issue of the Journal should be greatly interested in the report by Cayler of spontaneous closure of atrial septal defects in 3 infants. The purist may raise his eyebrows about the p ...

A group of students from the University of Liberia is appealing for urgent financial assistance to help their ailing colleague, Augustine Gbabai, seek advanced medical treatment abroad.Gbabai, a ...

† Primum (2 patients), secundum (68 patients) and sinus defects (4 patients). § Surgical branch of the study. TEE = Transesophageal echocardiography. *Children and adults. † Percutaneous ...