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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiac arrhythmias and right chamber enlargement are well known long-term sequelae of atrial septal defect (ASD). Surgical ASD closure relieves patient symptoms but often fails to revert cardiac volume overload findings. Transcatheter ASD closure might be an attractive alternative to surgery, also because of the possibility to study the amount and time-course of the electro-geometric modifications following shunt disappearance. Between March 2000 and December 2002, 24 patients (age 22.7 +16.8 years) underwent percutaneous closure of large ASD (stretched diameter >20 mm and/or QP/QS ratio >1.5:1). ASD closure was performed with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder device (mean 25 +/- 7 mm), achieving a complete occlusion in all patients at 1 month. In 6 patients, right ventricular (RV) monophasic action potential was recorded during the procedure. All patients underwent standard 12-lead electrocardiography and transthoracic echocardiography before and at 24 hours and 1 month after ASD closure. After the procedure, monophasic action potential length increased from 359 +/- 27 to 372 +/- 27 ms (p <0.0001). At 1 month, QT dispersion decreased from 54 +/- 25 to 41 +/- 17 ms (p <0.05), RV diastolic diameter decreased from 42 +/- 6 to 34 +/- 5 mm (p <0.00001), and left ventricular (LV) diastolic diameter increased from 39 +/- 5 to 44 +/- 5 mm (p <0.0001), resulting in a decrease in the RV/LV ratio from 1.11 +/- 0.22 to 0.79 +/- 0.11 (-28.8%, p <0.00001). Electrocardiographic changes, as well as the amount and time-course of RV overload relief, did not significantly differ between pediatric (<16 years of age; n = 11) and adult patients (n = 13). In conclusion, regardless of age at procedure, percutaneous ASD closure results in early striking electrical and geometric cardiac changes that may be beneficial during long-term follow-up.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
876-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Heart Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Heart Septal Defects, Atrial, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:15050492-Ventricular Function
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Early electrical and geometric changes after percutaneous closure of large atrial septal defect.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, A.O. Monaldi, 2nd University of Naples, Naples, Italy. santoropino@tin.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial