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Double Atrial Septal Defect: Diagnosis and Closure Guidance with 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Kuo Bruce T.,
Whitbeck Matthew G.,
Gurley John C.,
Smith Mikel D.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01347.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foramen secundum , cardiology , septum secundum , percutaneous , heart disease , heart septal defect , radiology , patent foramen ovale
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common form of congenital heart disease that often persists well into adulthood before discovery or intervention. The authors report the case of a patient referred for routine percutaneous ASD closure that was found on three‐dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography to have two large separate ostium secundum defects which were subsequently closed under 3D echocardiographic guidance. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E115‐E117)