| Prolapsed valve of the foramen ovale in newborns and infants with coarctation of the aorta. | |
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PMID: 3347588 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Out of 60 newborns and infants with symptomatic coarctation of the aorta, 34 had a significant left-to-right shunt at atrial level. In 20 of these 34 children, the atrial shunt had disappeared after surgical correction of the coarctation. All patients with this "reversible" shunt, thought to be secondary to an incompetent valve of the foramen ovale, were younger than 35 days at first cardiac catheterization. Left atrial pressure and left atrial volume of these patients did not differ significantly from those in a control group without atrial shunt. The conditions necessary for the development of a valve-incompetent foramen ovale include not only an increased left ventricular work load, but also a thin and pliable valve of the foramen ovale. It is only in infants younger than one month of age that the valve is thin and pliable enough to prolapse through the foramen ovale and form a channel between the two atria, which results in a left-to-right atrial shunt. |
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Authors:
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E Jentsch; R Liersch; M Bourgeois |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pediatric cardiology Volume: 9 ISSN: 0172-0643 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Cardiol Publication Date: 1988 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1988-04-11 Completed Date: 1988-04-11 Revised Date: 2008-02-20 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8003849 Medline TA: Pediatr Cardiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 29-32 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Düsseldorf, FRG. |
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Aortic Coarctation
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pathology*,
physiopathology,
surgery Child, Preschool Heart Catheterization Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology*, physiopathology Heart Septum / pathology*, physiopathology Heart Ventricles / physiopathology Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Prolapse Retrospective Studies |
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