Spontaneous closure of atrial septal defect with cardiac failure in infancy

A C Giardina; A S Raptoulis; M A Engle; A R Levin

doi:10.1378/chest.75.3.395

Spontaneous closure of atrial septal defect with cardiac failure in infancy

Chest. 1979 Mar;75(3):395-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.75.3.395.

Authors

A C Giardina, A S Raptoulis, M A Engle, A R Levin

PMID: 421589
DOI: 10.1378/chest.75.3.395

Abstract

Two serial cardiac catheterizations before the age of four months and another at six years confirmed spontaneous closure of a large atrial septal defect which caused congestive heart failure in infancy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization
Child
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnosis
Humans
Infant
Male