title: Effect of surgical repair of secundum-type atrial septal defect on right atrial, right ventricular, and left ventricular volumes in adults.
abstract: Surgical repair of atrial septal defect in adults reduces right ventricular and right atrial diameters and volumes, and improves left ventricular filling.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Jesselson Heart Center, Jerusalem, Israel. cardio@szmc.org.il
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Shaheen
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Alper
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Rosenmann
authors: M W
authors: MW
authors: Klutstein
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Falkowsky
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Bitran
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Tzivoni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016280:Atrial Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology