Open AccessAtrial septal defects: Pattern, clinical profile, surgical techniques and outcome at Innova heart hospital: A 4-year review
Author(s) -
Daberechi K Adiele,
Josephat M Chinawa,
Ijeoma Arodiwe,
V Gouthami,
Kona Samba Murthy,
JC Eze,
Egbuna Obidike,
Fortune A Ujunwa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.129642
Subject(s) - medicine , outcome (game theory) , cardiology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a congenital heart defect that leads to shunting of blood between left and right atria. It may be asymptomatic and sometimes may present with heart failure. Surgical repair is definitive, but currently non-surgical procedure is used to close the defect.