Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes ... in 15 of the 593 (2.5%) ASD and patent foramen ovale patients. [48] The thrombus was diagnosed ...

There are often no noticeable symptoms, but some patients may only have a heart murmur, a "swishing noise" doctors can hear ...

Bluish or grey lips, fatigue, breathlessness, heart murmur, and irregular heartbeat may signal Ebstein’s anomaly—a rare ...

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 ...

However, a number of other signs and symptoms might appear but are dismissed as they don’t seem to be all that serious on the ...

Closure of an atrial septal defect can be done either percutaneously with a closure device or surgically. ASD closure is indicated when right heart enlargement is present, however not in the ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial ... The difference lies in the intensity and splitting pattern of the S2 heart sound. The intensity of S2 should remain ...

Treatments approved for PAH may reduce by half the risk of serious complications or death in patients with repaired ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an interatrial communication at the level of oval fossa caused by the incomplete or missed fusion of the septum primum and septum secundum after birth. PFO has a ...