Spontaneous closure of congenital ventricular septal defect in an adult

Spontaneous closure of congenital ventricular septal defect in an adult

Spontaneous closure of congenital ventricular septal defect occurs commonly in infants and young adults. Occurrence in adults—patients older than 21 years— however, is rare. For this reason, we report on spontaneous closure of a congenital ventricular septal defect in a patient older than 26 years....

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 1986-11, Vol.9 (11), p.587-588
Hauptverfasser: Hu, D. C. K., Giuliani, E. R., Downing, T. P., Danielson, G. K.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiology. Vascular system
congenital
Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava
Female
Heart
heart catheterization
heart defects
heart septal defects
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
Humans
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Remission, Spontaneous
ventricular
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Zusammenfassung:Spontaneous closure of congenital ventricular septal defect occurs commonly in infants and young adults. Occurrence in adults—patients older than 21 years— however, is rare. For this reason, we report on spontaneous closure of a congenital ventricular septal defect in a patient older than 26 years. This case was documented by catheterization before and after spontaneous closure. The proposed mechanisms of spontaneous closure are briefly reviewed.
ISSN:0160-9289
1932-8737
DOI:10.1002/clc.4960091114