INTRODUCTION Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) for two-dimensional (2D) strain analysis is a new tool to assess myocardial function. The aim of this study was to assess right atrial (RA) function using STE in patients with an atrial septal defect (ASD) before and one month after percutaneous closure. METHODS We prospectively examined 32 consecutive patients (nine male, 23 female) who un...

Noonan syndrome is a rare genetic disease with multisystemic manifestations, typically diagnosed in infancy and childhood. This case report presents 53-year-old woman no significant medical history who presented shortness of breath was subsequently syndrome. The patient exhibited characteristic facial dysmorphology, including narrow face, low set ears, pectus excavatum. Physical examination rev...

Scimitar vein is the partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection usually draining lower pulmonary lobe to the inferior vena cava or right atrium. We present a scimitar vein anomaly in a 34-year-old woman with the uncommon association of a secundum type of atrial septal defect and atretic right upper pulmonary vein. She presented with increasing dyspnea for 2 months, however, she was asymptoma...

Anderson FA Jr et al. Comparison of outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes with and without atrial fibrillation. Detection of coronary artery stenoses with thin-slice multi-detector row spiral computed tomography and multiplanar reconstruction. Evaluation) study group. The occurrence and prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation/-flutter following acute myocardial infarction. A...

Introduction Holt & Oram (1960) linked various skeletal abnormalities with congenital heart disease in four generations of a family. In particular, malformations of the hands were associated with atrial septal defect (secundum type) and bizarre arrhythmias. In 1961, McKusick described a similar syndrome in a mother and daughter and suggested the term 'atrio-digital dysplasia'. Harris & Osborne ...

The percutaneous closure of ostium secundum (OS) atrial septal defect (ASD) is a well-established procedure and is today considered the treatment of choice due to its good results and low morbidity and mortality. The procedure is routinely performed through the inferior vena cava (IVC). However, this route of access is not always available due to the obstruction or congenital absence of the IVC...

as the rest of the fingers.5 Additionally, the thumb may be triphalanged, absent, or simply longer than normal in association with a short forearm which displays limited supination and pronation. All these upper extremity features are combined with an ostium secundum atrial septal defect, thereby completing the salient anatomy of the condition. The patient under current investigation did not ha...

Cor triatriatum sinister is a rare congenital heart disease and rarely found in adults. The authors describe an asymptomatic 20-year old man presenting with heart murmur by check up. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrate atrial septal defect (ASD) secundum 26 mm and cor triatriatum sinister with 20 mm of fenestration. Transcatheter closure of ASD using Occlutech Figulla(R...

Background: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital heart disease (CHD) in adults after bicuspid aortic valve. Although the defect is often asymptomatic until adulthood, undetected ASDs could lead to potential irreversible complications like arrhythmias, stroke, pulmonary hypertension and its squeal. The purpose of our study was to determine the value of surgical closure of atr...