Range of pulmonary artery pressures in patients undergoing percutaneous atrial septal defect device closure.
The secundum type of atrial septal defect is one of the most common conditions associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension. In a series of 274 consecutive patients who have undergone percutaneous atrial septal defect device closure at our institution we observed an increase in pulmonary artery pressure with age, but only three patients had overt pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Butera
Gianfranco
G
Istituto Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
Bossone
Eduardo
E
Chessa
Massimo
M
Negura
Diana
D
Drago
Manuela
M
Bodini
Bruno Dino
BD
Piazza
Luciene
L
Carminati
Mario
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*