Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental ... thrombus formation in 15 of the 593 (2.5%) ASD and patent foramen ovale patients. [48] The thrombus was diagnosed in 14 out of ...

Objective To investigate the safety, efficacy, and clinical application of a new self centring device (“angel wings”) for closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASD II) and persistent foramen ...

Results 153 cases of secundum ASDs were identified of which 133 were considered to be appropriate and 20 discarded. Of these 20 cases, five were lost to follow up, 5 were diagnosed to be PFO (Patent ...

Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon Background Ostium secundum atrial septal defects (ASDII ... Four mutation carriers revealed cardiac phenotypes in terms of cribriform ASDII, large patent foramen ...

China Objectives Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a failure fusion of the primum and secundum atrial septa after birth and with a prevalence of 27% in the healthy population. It has been associated with ...