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SUBMITTER: Lau LC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5966638 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lau Li Ching LC Koh Hui Liang HL Yip Wei Luen James WLJ Ong Ching Ching CC
Singapore medical journal 20180501 5
We report a case of a 61-year-old woman with a large atrial septal defect (ASD) that was detected incidentally on chest radiography and computed tomography when she presented with sepsis. Echocardiography confirmed a large secundum ASD with left-to-right shunt flow, right heart dilatation and severe pulmonary hypertension. The patient had a poor clinical outcome despite intensive care and eventually passed away. Haemodynamically significant ASDs have a known association with increased morbidity ...[more]