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Complications caused by iatrogenic right-to-left shunt after surgical closure of atrial septal defect: a case report.

Myeong Seop KimSe Yong JangDong Heon Yang
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
This patient experienced stroke at the age of 16 years and had been suffering from heart failure since childhood. A large right-to-left shunt flow from the IVC to the LA by misplaced interatrial patch was found using TOE, right-sided heart catheterization, and inferior caval venography. This diagnosis should be considered in patients complaining of persistent dyspnoea with hypoxia after the surgical repair of ASD.
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