Case Report: Residual Atrial Shunt Lesions in Aging Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: An Underestimated Risk of Stroke?

Case Report: Residual Atrial Shunt Lesions in Aging Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: An Underestimated Risk of Stroke?

We report two cases of paradoxical cerebral embolism in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) with residual atrial shunt lesions, a 59 year-old male patient with partial detachment of a surgical ASD closure patch, and a 57 year-old male patient with Ebstein’s anomaly and a large patent foramen...

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Main Authors: Matthias Schneider, Varius Dannenberg, Bernd Opgen-Rhein, Felix Berger, Burkert Pieske, Harald Gabriel, Leif-Hendrik Boldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
embolic stroke
adults with congenital heart disease
echocardiography
cardioembolic and cryptogenic stroke
Ebstein anomaly
ASD
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.847244/full

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