RT Book, Section
A1 Kiefer, Todd
A1 Granger, Christopher B.
A1 Jackson, Kevin P.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193146889
T1 Atrial Septal Defect & Patent Foramen Ovale
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193146889
RD 2023/12/02
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISOften  asymptomatic  and  discovered  on  routine  physical  examination.With  an  ASD  and  left-to-right  shunt:  RV  lift;  S2  widely  split  and  fixed.Echocardiography/Doppler  is  diagnostic.ASDs  should  be  closed  if  there  is  evidence  of  an  RV  volume  overload  regardless  of  symptoms.A  PFO,  present  in  25%  of  the  population,  rarely  can  lead  to  paradoxical  emboli.  Suspicion  should  be  highest  in  patients  who  have  cryptogenic  stroke  before  age  55  years.