PMID- 8666880
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960806
LR  - 20110727
IS  - 0369-4739 (Print)
IS  - 0369-4739 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 4
DP  - 1996 Apr
TI  - [Surgical repair of atrial septal defect in patients over 70 years of age].
PG  - 559-64
AB  - Three patients over 70 years of age underwent surgical repair of secundum atrial 
      septal defect (ASD). All patients had preoperative symptoms such as heart 
      failure, atrial fibrillation and cardiomegaly. According to the New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) functional classification, two patients belonged to class II 
      and one class III. Cardiac catheterization data revealed mild pulmonary 
      hypertension and mild to moderate tricuspid regurgitation in all the patients. An 
      ASD was directly closed in all the patients, and two of them required tricuspid 
      anuloplasty. The use of catecholamine continued for two or three weeks in two 
      patients because of postoperative cardiac dysfunction. Postoperative physical 
      activity has improved in all the patients. Surgical repair of an ASD is 
      recommended even for patients over 70 years of age unless they have major risks 
      and severe pulmonary hypertension.
FAU - Hasegawa, Y
AU  - Hasegawa Y
AD  - Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University, School of Medicine, Maebashi, 
      Japan.
FAU - Ishikawa, S
AU  - Ishikawa S
FAU - Ohtaki, A
AU  - Ohtaki A
FAU - Koyano, T
AU  - Koyano T
FAU - Murakami, J
AU  - Murakami J
FAU - Morishita, Y
AU  - Morishita Y
LA  - jpn
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi
JT  - [Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai
JID - 19130180R
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/*surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/complications/surgery
EDAT- 1996/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 1996 Apr;44(4):559-64.