Double atrial septal defect: diagnosis and closure guidance with 3D transesophageal echocardiography.

Echocardiography

Gill Heart Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

Published: July 2011

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common form of congenital heart disease that often persists well into adulthood before discovery or intervention. The authors report the case of a patient referred for routine percutaneous ASD closure that was found on three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography to have two large separate ostium secundum defects which were subsequently closed under 3D echocardiographic guidance.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01347.xDOI Listing

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