Comments on “Asymptomatic hypoxia in a young pregnant lady—Unusual presentation of atrial septal defect”, Krishnamoorthy S, et al

Abstract In their recently published article, Krishnamoorthy and coworkers describe a case of an asymptomatic hypoxia due to atrial septal defect in a pregnant woman. However, before accepting their conclusion, some issues require further clarification: (a) What were the patient's haemodynamic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of cardiology 2010-08, Vol.143 (2), p.e37-e38
Hauptverfasser:	Kula, Serdar, Imren, Yıldırım, Olgunturk, Rana
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asymptomatic Diseases Atrial septal defect Cardiovascular Diagnosis, Differential Female Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - complications Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - diagnostic imaging Humans Hypoxia Hypoxia - diagnostic imaging Hypoxia - etiology Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract In their recently published article, Krishnamoorthy and coworkers describe a case of an asymptomatic hypoxia due to atrial septal defect in a pregnant woman. However, before accepting their conclusion, some issues require further clarification: (a) What were the patient's haemodynamic findings in cath-angio before the closure of ASD? (b) What was the final arterial saturation after device closure of the ASD?
ISSN:	0167-5273 1874-1754
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.02.043