Why the study?
Is atrial septal aneurysm associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular and peripheral embolic events?
Population
36 consecutively identified patients with typical echocardiographic findings of atrial septal aneurysm
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May suggest embolic risk in atrial septal aneurysm; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective studies before clinical adoption.
Is atrial septal aneurysm associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular and peripheral embolic events?
Atrial septal aneurysm is associated with a high prevalence of embolic events, potentially due to paradoxical embolization from interatrial shunting.
Belkin et al. (1987) studied this question.
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