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I have an asd with left to right shunt and an atrial septal aneurysm. do these shunts start as right to left then as get worse become left to right?

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Dr. Leonard Stein answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Usually starts L-->R: At birth the left side has higher pressures than the RT side. Thus flow is mainly L-->R. If the ASD is small it may close on its own but if not tends not to cause a problem. If it is large the flow L-->R increases volume load on the Right leading to increased RT pressure, this will reverse the net flow to Rt-->Lft. If large it should be closed before development of increase RT pressures.

Answered 11/11/2015

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