title: [Echocardiography in the diagnosis and evaluation of the results of the surgical treatment of interatrial septal defects in adult patients].
abstract: Pre- and postoperative echocardiographic findings in 67 patients above 18 years of age with atrial septal defects were compared with hemodynamic data obtained at catheterization of heart cavities. No possible ways of accurate noninvasive assessment of arteriovenous discharge were found. Echocardiographic parameters of the followed-up patients returned to normal within 3 to 4 years after surgical correction of the defect. In some cases where mitral prolapse was found preoperatively, angiographically documented mitral regurgitation was seen at long-term follow-up.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities
vernacular_title: Ekhokardiografiia v diagnostike i otsenke rezul'tatov khirurgicheskogo lecheniia defektov mezhpredserdnoĭ peregorodki u vzroslykh bol'nykh.