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Left-to-right shunts

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Atrial septal defects (ASD) are defects in the atrial septum which in the absence of obstruction or resistance to right ventricular emptying are responsible for a left-to-right intracardiac shunt. These defects may be localized anywhere in the atrial septum.

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Lintermans, J.P. (1986). Left-to-right shunts. In: Two-dimensional Echocardiography in Infants and Children. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4249-3_1

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