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Title: Spontaneous closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect
Authors: Galea, N.
Grech, Victor E.
Keywords: Heart septal defects, Atrial
Heart defects, Congenital
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Images in Paediatric Cardiology
Citation: Images in Paediatric Cardiology. 2000, Vol.4(3), p. 21-29
Abstract: Large and untreated secundum atrial septal defects are closed in childhood in order to prevent significant rates of morbidity and mortality. Small defects often close spontaneously. We present a girl with a large atrial septal defect that underwent spontaneous closure at just over three years of age. The defect was haemodynamically significant and larger than conventional expectations for spontaneous closure.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/3886
Appears in Collections:IPC, Volume 4, Issue 3
IPC, Volume 4, Issue 3

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