title: [Atrial septal defect in adults--opinions, procedures and controversies].
abstract: Atrial septal defect (ASD) accounts for 30-40% of congenital heart disease in adults diagnosed after the age of 40 and is after bicuspid aortic valve and mitral-valve prolaps the most common congenital cardiac malformation in adults. We have discussed current views on the pathological role of ASD in adults and controversies regarding its treatment. It is expected that increasing understanding of ASD pathophysiology, improved diagnostic methods and the possibility of transcatheter closure of interatrial defects will improve the treatment of patients with ASD.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chorób Serca i Naczyń Instytutu Kardiologii Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie KSS im. Jana Pawła II.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suchoń
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Podolec
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tracz
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Przewłocki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilkołek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kabłak-Ziembicka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans