An atrial septal defect of the secundum type is relatively common and occurs from failure of the septum secundum to develop. This results in a communication between the left and right atrium ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...

Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes symptoms ... the need for concomitant atrial antiarrhythmia surgery and likelihood of symptomatic ...

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 ...

An atrial septal defect is an opening in the wall that separates the upper chambers of the heart. It is one of the most common congenital heart defects, which are structural problems that develop ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Tri-Service General Hospital Penghu Branch announced Tuesday that it has performed the first-ever transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure procedure in Taiwan’s ...