Front cover; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section 1: Introduction; Chapter 1. Anatomy of the atrial septum; Chapter 2. Clinical presentation of the atrial septal defect in adults; Chapter 3. The pateint foramen ovale: clinical significance in cerebrovascular disease; Chapter 4. The patent foramen ovale: clinical significance in decompression illness and migrane; Chapter 5. Echocardiography of atrial septal defects; Chapter 6. Intracardiac echocardiography of the interatrial septum; Section 2: Techniques and devices.
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Discusses various aspects of the growing field of transcatheter device closure of defects of the atrial septum. This book covers issues related to the anatomy of the atrial septum; imaging of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale; and, the different types of defect that are amenable to percutaneous device closure.