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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Improvement of biventricular function after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect: a case report
1Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Division of Cardiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
Abstract:
We report a 17-year-old man presented with palpitation. Echocardiography demonstrated secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with marked right sided dilatation, indicating significant left to right intracardiac shunting. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging performed 3 months after transcatheter ASD closure demonstrated marked improvement in biventricular systolic function.
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