Atrial septal defect electrocardiogram
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Claudia Hochberg, M.D.
Associate Editors-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Keri Shafer, M.D. [3]; Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [[4]]
Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [[5]]
Overview
Electrocardiogram may be used as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of an atrial septal defect. ECG findings associated with an atrial septal defect include right bundle branch block, right ventricular hypertrophy, left and right axis deviation, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and junctional rhythms.
Electrocardiography
The ECG findings in atrial septal defect vary with the type of defect present. Individuals with atrial septal defects may have a prolonged PR interval (a first degree heart block). The prolongation of the PR interval is probably due to the enlargement of the atria that is common in ASDs and the increased distance due to the defect itself. Both of these can cause an increased distance of internodal conduction from the SA node to the AV node.[1]
Other EKG findings include the following:
- Incomplete and less frequently complete Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB) is often present.
- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy (RVH) with strain suggests onset of pulmonary hypertension or associated pulmonic stenosis.
- 2 out of 3 patients with an ostium secundum ASD have right axis deviation.
- Patients with ostium secundum ASDs often develop atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, and this occurs with a higher incidence with increasing age and with pulmonary hypertension.
- Sinus venosus ASDs are often associated with low atrial and junctional rhythms.
- Ostium primum ASDs are associated with a marked left axis deviation.
- Individuals with a sinus venosus ASD exhibit a left axis deviation of the P wave (not the QRS complex).
References
- ↑ Clark E, Kugler J (1982). "Preoperative secundum atrial septal defect with coexisting sinus node and atrioventricular node dysfunction". Circulation. 65 (5): 976–80. PMID 7074763.