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Question
Doctor, my husband has atrial septal defect, complications of pulmonary hypertension, what does it mean?
Nguyen Thi Hanh (1987)
Reply
Hello! With the question "What does atrial septal defect pulmonary hypertension mean?" Doctors advise as follows:
Most patients with atrial septal defect for a long time may have no symptoms, but only have very subtle clinical symptoms, so the diagnosis is often missed. reached adulthood or was accidentally discovered during a medical examination. This is a congenital heart disease, there is a hole between the two atria. Normally, left atrial pressure will be higher than right atrium, causing blood to tend to flow to the right atrium (shunt flow), which leads to increased right atrial volume load and right ventricular increased pulmonary flow.
In your husband's case, when the atrial septal defect is not treated thoroughly, is detected late, or the atrial septal defect is large, the patient will gradually have clinical symptoms. In the long term, there will be signs of right heart chamber overload such as: atrial arrhythmia (risk increases with age of the patient), pulmonary arterial hypertension and increased pulmonary vascular resistance, ultimately all consequences. Weakness leads to congestive heart failure.
To be able to advise specifically for your husband's case, the doctor needs to know more information about your husband's clinical symptoms and echocardiography results. You and your husband can go to the hospitals of Vinmec Health System for more advice.
Thank you for trusting Vinmec. Best regards!
Answered by Doctor Le Duc Hiep - Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Intervention Doctor - Cardiovascular Center - Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.
