Atrial
Septum defect is a type of congenital heart disease in pregnancy (common type of
birth defect in pregnancy). Atrial
Septum is a wall
in
the heart which separates the right and left atria. Normally Atrial
Septum defect is “hole in the atrial septum” in the newborn baby.
Only surgical treatment can cure these problems completely.
Symptoms
- fatigue and shortness of breath
- weight loss
How To Diagnosis The Heart Problem
Echocardiography
diagnosis methods are helped to identified the heart problem in
newborn baby
- Secundum
Failure
in atrial septal is the main cause of Secundum atrial septal defect,
as a result incomplete development of heart or a hole between the
chambers of heart. Only surgical procedure can solve these problems.
- Primum
Valve
problems are the main cause of Primum atrial septal defects, called
cleft mitral valve.
- Sinus venosus.
Defect
between the junction of the superior vena cava and the right atrium.
This is mainly associated with abnormal drainage of the pulmonary
veins.
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