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Heart Defects
Echocardiography
Question | Answer |
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ASD | Atrial Septal Defect |
PFO | Patient Foramen Ovale |
PFO Pressure | Normal LAP is higer than RAP causing Right to left shunt |
abnormal PFO pressure bidirectional shunting | can cause the two sepat to be pulled apart transforming the closed foramen open. |
PFO high RAP | a right to left shunt can occur |
Ostium secundum ASD | located in the middle of the septum |
Ostium secundum % | 69% of all ASD |
PFO % | 25% |
Ostium secundum info | may involve the entire septum ovale or only part of it |
Ostium secundum number | may be single or multiple, creating fenestrated meshlike septum ovale |
Ostium Primum ASD | associated with AV canal defects |
Ostium Primum ASD location | The inferior end of the septum |
Ostium Primum ASD associated defect | defect of the mitral valve (cleft) |