title: [The fate of the pulmonary hypertension after ASD-closure in adults (author's transl)].
abstract: 10 female and 7 male patients, who were operated for secundum type Atrial Septal Defect with Pulmonary Hypertension, got postoperative check-ups including right heart catheterisations. The investigations were performed on the average 6.6 years postoperatively. There was a fall of the systolic pulmonary pressure and of the flow; pulmonary resistance fell in 8 cases and rose in 9. The low left ventricular cardiac index together with an elevated left atrial pressure may be the pathogenetic cause of postoperatively elevated pulmonary resistance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation
vernacular_title: Das Verhalten der pulmonalen Hypertension nach Verschluss von Vorhofseptumdefekten bei Erwachsenen