Does timely surgical closure of atrial septal defects prevent atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation in adults with atrial septal defects?
Timely closure of atrial septal defects is warranted to reduce morbidity associated with atrial arrhythmias.
The risk of atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation in adults with atrial septal defects is related to the age at the time of surgical repair and the pulmonary arterial pressure. To reduce the morbidity associated with atrial flutter and fibrillation, the timely closure of atrial septal defects is warranted.
Gatzoulis et al. (Thu,) studied this question.