A fter an “investigation” at the Royal Brompton Hospital last year, Emma Willis was diagnosed with a hole in her heart (also ...

There are three major types of interatrial communications: ostium secundum, ostium primum and sinus venosus defects. Secundum ASD is by far the most common type, occurring in one in every 1500 ...

An atrial septal defect (ASD) is an opening between the two upper chambers (atria) of the heart. Learn about the associated symptoms, dangers, and treatment.

Sinus Venosus ASD makes up only about 5% of all ASD cases, which occur in about 1 in 1,500 live births. This condition is by birth and had gone unnoticed as Sunil had never undergone any ECG or 2d ...

A primum atrial septal defect is diagnosed on transthoracic echocardiography. The 12-lead ECG will show an incomplete right bundle branch block and left axis deviation (in contrast to the secundum ...

Diagnostic Procedure The diagnostic procedure was a second 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram (Figure 5), performed by the author, which revealed a large atrial septal defect (ASD).

Kottayam Medical College Hospital achieves breakthrough in heart surgery Sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) in a patient’s heart closed through cutting-edge keyhole procedure ...

A sinus venosus ASD is a congenital defect and should be repaired in the first two decades of life for most patients if they are to have a normal life expectancy.