Atrial septal defect

Atrial septal defects occur in 5 to 10 percent of all children born with congenital heart disease. For unknown reasons, girls have atrial septal defects twice as often as boys.
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Atrial septal defects can be identified by various methods. Abnormal changes in the sound of the heart beats can be heard when a doctor listens to the heart with a stethoscope.
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An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of the heart. The condition is present from birth (congenital). Smaller atrial septal defects may close on their own during infancy or early childhood.
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Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a congenital heart defect. In fetal circulation there is normally an opening between the two atria (the upper chambers of the heart) to allow blood to bypass the lungs.
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Atrial septal defect (ASD) repair
The atrial septum is the wall between the left and right atria (upper chambers) of the heart. There is a natural opening prior to birth that usually closes spontaneously.
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Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Less common types of CHD with altered routes of blood flow include:
Eisenmenger's complex
Atrioventricular (A-V) canal defect (also called an endocardial cushion defect) ...
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- Atrial Septal Defect:
Abnormal opening between the two upper chambers
- Coarctation of the Aorta:
Narrowing of the aorta, the large vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body ...
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Atrial Septal Defects
Atrioventricular Block (Heart Block)
Auricular Flutter (Atrial Flutter)
AV Block (Heart Block)
Bacterial Pericarditis
Bradycardia (Slow Heartbeat)
Bundle Branch Block (Heart Block)
CAD (Coronary Heart Disease) ...
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During a heart catheterization, doctors may use a device called a septal occluder or coil to close an atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, or patent ductus arteriosus.
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Heart muscle birth defects, including patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect
Being older than 30
Being female
Low cardiovascular fitness
High percentage of body fat
Use of alcohol or tobacco ...
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Congenital heart disease (atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, and others)
Prior rheumatic heart disease
Cardiac valve anomalies (such as mitral insufficiency)
Artificial heart valves ...
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A number of different heart defects are common in Down syndrome, including abnormal openings (holes) in the walls that separate the heart's chambers (atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect).
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Abnormal openings between the low pressure "filling chambers" (atria) of the right and left sides of the heart create a condition called atrial septal defect (ASD).
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CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE - Heart disease that is present from birth. Examples include atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, aortic stenosis, and tetralogy of Fallot.
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These conditions include valvular heart disease, an artificial heart valve, a ventricular septal defect, and an atrial septal defect that hasn't been repaired.
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