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Gita Fulwiler had always been an early riser -- up and moving at the crack of dawn.But in June 2023, she started struggling to get out of bed. She ...
A rare case of cor triatriatum was diagnosed in a 34-year-old woman using transoesophageal echocardiography after initial ...
This condition, called Atrial Septal Defect or ASD, is a birth defect where there’s a hole between the heart’s upper chambers. If left untreated, it can lead to serious problems like heart failure or ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Tri-Service General Hospital Penghu Branch announced Tuesday that it has performed the first-ever transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure procedure in Taiwan’s ...
Figure 1. Transthoracic echocardiogram (subcostal view) showing the atrial septal aneurysm (red arrows). Note the hyperechoic area within the atrial septal aneurysm suggestive of thrombus. There have ...
However, there is not enough evidence regarding the operability of CHD with PAH. An atrial septal defect is a simple CHD and can be closed surgically or using a catheter interventional technique ...
Figure 4. Two-dimensional echocardiography. Closeup of ventricular septum in apical 4-chamber view (left) demonstrates turbulent systolic color flow Doppler across large VSD. Continuous wave Doppler ...