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Heart Defects
Echocardiography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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) |