title: Double atrial septal defect: diagnosis and closure guidance with 3D transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common form of congenital heart disease that often persists well into adulthood before discovery or intervention. The authors report the case of a patient referred for routine percutaneous ASD closure that was found on three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography to have two large separate ostium secundum defects which were subsequently closed under 3D echocardiographic guidance.
authors.affiliation: Gill Heart Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. bruce.kuo@uky.edu
authors.forename: Bruce T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Whitbeck
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gurley
authors.forename: Mikel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome