Atrial septal defect is an abnormal hole in the fibrous membrane separating the two smaller, collecting chambers of the heart (atria). There are no clear reasons for the development of septal defects.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007;5(6):1135-1146. Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes symptoms late in adult life. Echocardiography and MRI ...

According to findings of a study published in JAMA, a bioresorbable occluder has been shown to be noninferior to traditional ...

The AI model was more efficient at detecting signatures of atrial septal defect (ASD) in electrocardiograms (ECG) than traditional methods. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding ...

Atrial septal defect closure techniques have evolved considerably over recent decades. Traditional surgical repair, once the mainstay of treatment for congenital heart anomalies, has gradually been ...

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 ...

FRANKFURT, GERMANY--(Marketwired - July 22, 2016) - Nobles Medical Technologies II (NMT2) continued to surprise the more than 900 cardiologist and cardiac-specialist attendees at the CSI conference on ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "US Market Report for Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defect Devices 2018 - MedCore" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. VSDs are defects in the ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...

† Primum (2 patients), secundum (68 patients) and sinus defects (4 patients). § Surgical branch of the study. TEE = Transesophageal echocardiography. *Children and adults. † Percutaneous branch of the ...