atrial septal aneurysm

From Aaushi
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Etiology

Epidemiology

Complications

* reference 2 reports risk of recurrent stroke associated with both atrial septal aneurysm & patent foramen ovale, but not with either alone.

* proposed mechanisms include:

Management

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 17 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2015
  2. Journal Watch 22(2):11, 2002 Mas JL1, Arquizan C, Lamy C et al Recurrent cerebrovascular events associated with patent foramen ovale, atrial septal aneurysm, or both. N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 13;345(24):1740-6. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11742048
  3. Burger AJ, Sherman HB, Charlamb MJ. Low incidence of embolic strokes with atrial septal aneurysms: A prospective, long-term study. Am Heart J. 2000 Jan;139(1 Pt 1):149-52. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10618576