An atrial septal defect is an opening or hole in the wall that sits between the heart’s two upper chambers. The heart’s upper chambers are called the right and left atria. Some people refer to atrial ...

Introduction: Zero-fluoroscopy, exclusively ultrasound-guided atrial septal defect (ASD) catheter closure has been reported. However, data on the effectiveness of this technique in complex cases ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the most common birth defects, occurring in approximately 0.9% of live births. Sadly, they are also the leading cause of ...

Data for the report were derived from an invitation-based, retrospectively created registry that attempted to include most centers performing the intervention. The study covered 12 years and 54 ...

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...

An atrial septal defect of the secundum type is relatively common and occurs from failure of the septum secundum to develop. This results in a communication between the left and right atrium directly ...

BAAR, Switzerland and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif -- atHeart Medical, a medical device company dedicated to establishing the new standard of care for closure of atrial septal defects (ASD), today announced ...

Ventricular septal defect is an abnormal hole in the septum that separates the two bottom chambers of the heart called ventricles. Like Atrial septal defect (ASD), there are no evident reasons to say ...