(IV-2B.1) A 69 year old woman with atrial septal defect, coronary heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension Rozenbergs A.

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(IV-2B.3) 66-year-old female with perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) Luszczak J., Tomkiewicz- Pajak L., Olszowska M., Sutor U., Podolec P., Prokop-Staszecka A.
Experts: Fijałkowska A., Trojnarska O., Skalski J., Gąsior Z., Rubiś P., Kopeć G., Podolec P.

Background Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital heart anomaly. The most frequent location is the membranous septum. The volume and direction of the shunt depends on the size of the VSD, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and the right and left ventricular function. Adult patients with VSD are often after surgical treatment in childhood. Untreated patients may have small VSD with left-right shunt, without LV overload and pulmonary hypertension (PH); VSD with left-right shunt and PH or VSD …

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