Journal article
Clinical outcomes of surgically corrected atrial septal defects
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Vol.63(5), pp.662-665
05/31/2013
PMID: 23758007
Abstract
Objective: To examine the outcomes of surgical repair of atrial septal defects in paediatric and adult patients.
Methods: The retrospective study comprised data of 84 patients who had undergone surgical correction of atrial septal defect at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, between June 2006 and December 2011. All patients with isolated atrial septa! defect (ostium secundum, ostium primum and sinus venosus with or without partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection) were included. Clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic data was reviewed. SPSS 17 was used for statistical analysis.
Results: There were no deaths in the study population. The mean time for follow-up was 6.5 +/- 9.9 months. Most of the patients (n=80; 95.2%) were in New York Heart Association class I at follow-up, while the remaining 4(4.8%) were in New York Heart Association class II. Post-operatively, 8 (9.5%) patients developed brief episodes of arrhythmias. There were 3 (3.57%) patients who were re-admitted within 30 days; 2 (66.7%) had superficial wound infection, while 1 (33.3%) had to be re-opened because of cardiac tamponade.
Conclusion: Surgical repair of atrial septal defects is a safe procedure which is associated with excellent results and low morbidity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Clinical outcomes of surgically corrected atrial septal defects
- Creators
- Waleed Tariq Siddiqui - Dow Univ Hlth Sci, Sindh Med Coll, Karachi, PakistanShazia Parveen - Aga Khan Univ Hosp, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Karachi, PakistanMaria Tariq Siddiqui - University of KarachiMuhammad Muneer Amanullah - Aga Khan Univ Hosp, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Karachi, Pakistan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Vol.63(5), pp.662-665
- PMID
- 23758007
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pak Med Assoc
- ISSN
- 0030-9982
- Publisher
- Pakistan Medical Assoc
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/31/2013
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984848424302771
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