%0 Journal Article
%T Association of interatrial septal abnormalities with cardiac impulse conduction disorders in adult patients: experience from a tertiary center in Kosovo.
%A Aurora Bakalli
%A Ejup Pllana
%A Dardan Ko£żinaj
%A Tefik Bekteshi
%J Heart International
%D 2011
%I Wichtig Editore, Milan
%R 10.4081/hi.2011.e4
%X Interatrial septal disorders, which include: atrial septal defect, patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm, are frequent congenital anomalies found in adult patients. Early detection of these anomalies is important to prevent their hemodynamic and/or thromboembolic consequences. The aims of this study were: to assess the association between impulse conduction disorders and anomalies of interatrial septum; to determine the prevalence of different types of interatrial septum abnormalities; to assess anatomic, hemodynamic, and clinical consequences of interatrial septal pathologies. Fifty-three adult patients with impulse conduction disorders and patients without ECG changes but with signs of interatrial septal abnormalities, who were referred to our center for echocardiography, were included in a prospective transesophageal echocardiography study. Intera trial septal anomalies were detected in around 85% of the examined patients.
%K atrial septal defect
%K patent foramen ovale
%K atrial septal aneurysm
%K right bundle branch block.
%U http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/2534