Effect of surgical repair of secundum-type atrial septal defect on right atrial, right ventricular, and left ventricular volumes in adults.
Surgical repair of atrial septal defect in adults reduces right ventricular and right atrial diameters and volumes, and improves left ventricular filling.
Shaheen
J
J
Department of Cardiology, Jesselson Heart Center, Jerusalem, Israel. cardio@szmc.org.il
Alper
L
L
Rosenmann
D
D
Klutstein
M W
MW
Falkowsky
G
G
Bitran
D
D
Tzivoni
D
D
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