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After closure of atrial septal defect in adults, cardiac remodeling is an early event

Published in Medical Imaging Week, June 3rd, 2006

Cardiac remodeling after atrial septal closure in the adult is a common and early event that seems by and large completed within the first half year after closure.

According to a recent report from Sweden, "[The] study aimed to describe the extent and the temporal profile of cardiac remodeling after atrial septal defect closure in the adult. [The method was a] prospective and longitudinal echocardiographic assessment of right and left heart size before and after (1 day-1 week/1/4/12 months) surgical or catheter-based atrial septal closure in 39 adults (age 54 15 years).

U. Thilen and S. Persson at Lund University Hospital reported, "Right ventricular...

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