Journal article
Evidence of adverse ventricular interdependence in patients with atrial septal defects
Abstract
Right ventricular (RV) volume overload is associated with left ventricular (LV) distortion and dysfunction. The availability of transcatheter device closure of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) provides an ideal model for investigating the immediate effects of elimination of RV volume overload and avoiding the confounding effects of surgery on LV function. Echocardiograms before and after device closure of ASD were analyzed for ejection …
Authors
Walker RE; Moran AM; Gauvreau K; Colan SD
Journal
The American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 93, No. 11, pp. 1374–1377
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.033
ISSN
0002-9149