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
Summary
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
