Healio

Atrial Septal Defect - Secundum

An atrial septal defect of the secundum type is relatively common and occurs from failure of the septum secundum to develop. This results in a communication between the left and right atrium directly ...
Healio

Atrial Septal Defect - Primum

An ostium primum atrial septal defect (ASD) occurs when then atrial septum near the atrioventricular valves has a communication between the two atrium causing a left to right shunt. This rarely ...
Medscape

Contemporary Clinical Management of Atrial Septal Defects in the Adult

† 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 ...
News Medical

AI model can detect atrial septal defect in ECGs with high accuracy

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 ...
TCTMD

GORE® CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder Receives FDA Approval for the Treatment of Atrial Septal Defects

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.- W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) premarket approval (PMA) of the GORE® CARDIOFORM ASD Occluder for the percutaneous closure of ...
TCTMD

First Five Patients Successfully Treated with atHeart Medical's Novel reSept™ Atrial Septal Defect Occluder in U.S. IDE Pivotal Trial

BAAR, Switzerland and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif -- atHeart Medical, a medical device company dedicated to establishing the new standard of care for closure of atrial septal defects (ASD), today announced ...