title: Fate of moderate and large secundum type atrial septal defect associated with isolated coarctation in infants.
abstract: A moderate to large secundum atrial septal defect associated with isolated coarctation in infancy is likely to close spontaneously. Nine of 12 defects, including 4 defects > or =8 mm in at least 1 dimension, had either closed or were believed to be hemodynamically insignificant at follow-up, supporting the strategy of a lateral thoracotomy approach to coarctation and deferral of atrial surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont School of Medicine, Burlington, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Yeager
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Keane
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013997:Time Factors