title: [Three different types of atrial septal defects in the same family].
abstract: Most of the time atrial septal defects (ASD) are sporadic. Familial forms are characterised by the same type of the ASD, and are frequently associated by other cardiac, osteoarticular (Holt-Oram syndrome) or atrioventricular conductions abnormalities (ostium secundum ASD with prolonged PR, sinus venosus ASD with sinusal bradyarrhythmia). This report describes a family in which the father and his two children present an ASD, each one of a different type (ostium primum ASD, ostium secundum ASD, sinus venosus ASD), without any other associated malformations. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a family in which three different ASD types are present.
authors.affiliation: Unité de cardiologie pédiatrique, département de pédiatrie, centre hospitalier universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne-CHUV, Suisse.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cachat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapatsalahy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekarski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hurni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: von Segesser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Payot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Trois types différents de communication interauriculaire dans une même famille.