Atrial septal defect overview: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
==Epidemiology and demographics== | ==Epidemiology and demographics== | ||
Atrial septal defect are common heart defects and comprises approximately 7% of all the congenital heart disorders. <ref name="pmid5128021">{{cite journal| author=Feldt RH, Avasthey P, Yoshimasu F, Kurland LT, Titus JL| title=Incidence of congenital heart disease in children born to residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1950-1969. | journal=Mayo Clin Proc | year= 1971 | volume= 46 | issue= 12 | pages= 794-9 | pmid=5128021 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>. Unlike other conditions ASD has a slight female preponderance of 2:1. | |||
==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ||
Revision as of 14:02, 18 August 2011
|
Atrial Septal Defect Microchapters | |
|
Treatment | |
|---|---|
|
Surgery | |
|
| |
|
Special Scenarios | |
|
Case Studies | |
|
Atrial septal defect overview On the Web | |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Atrial septal defect overview | |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Atrial septal defect overview | |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [[2]]; Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [[4]]
Overview
(ASD) are a group of congenital heart diseases that involve the inter-atrial septum. The inter-atrial septum is the tissue that separates the right and left atria from each other. This tissue prevents arterial and venous blood from mixing with each other. If there is a defect in this septum, a direct communication between the atria can occur, which allows shunting, resulting in mixing of arterial and venous blood. It is possible for blood to travel from the left side of the heart to the right side of the heart, or vice versa.
Epidemiology and demographics
Atrial septal defect are common heart defects and comprises approximately 7% of all the congenital heart disorders. [1]. Unlike other conditions ASD has a slight female preponderance of 2:1.
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Causes
Diagnosis
Physical Examination
ECG
Echocardiography
Treatment
<youtube v=06bHsQX3oeI/>