The hole present between the two higher chambers of the heart, or atria, is called a chamber congenital heart defect, or ASD. This condition mostly comes from birth. Lungs and the heart are often broken by long-standing and massive chamber body part defects. To repair chamber body part defects, surgery could also be necessary. If the ASD is massive, it will further fill the lungs (blood volume) and overwork the correct faces of the guts.

SYMPTOMS

Some of the babies are born with chamber body part defects, so they don’t have any associated symptoms or signs. In adults, symptoms might begin around the age of 30. In some cases, signs and symptoms do not occur until a decade later.

There are some ASD signs and symptoms:

• Fatigue
• Stroke.
• Swelling of the feet, legs, or abdomen.
• Breath shortness.
• Skipped beats or heart palpitations.
• A whooshing sound, which may be detected through a medical instrument, is a heart murmur.

PATIENT MIGHT EXPERIENCE

• Respiratory: Shortness of breath, or pulmonary cardiovascular disease.
• Heart: Murmur, palpitations, or irregular pulse rate.
• Also common: Stroke or fatigue, failure to thrive.

TEST REQUIRED:

• ECG (Electrocardiogram).
• X-ray of chest.
•  Echocardiogram.
• CT (computer tomography) scan.

TREATMENT

• It consists of caregiver care: If the ASD is small, it might be their own. When the ASD is large or medium, it has closure by the device or surgical connection.
• Medical observance: If a patient (a child) has an associated chamber congenital defect, a heart specialist might suggest observing it for an amount to make sure if it closes on its own, it will decide after looking at the patient’s condition.
• Medicine: It will not repair the outlet. However, they want to scale back the number of signs and symptoms that may accompany the ASD. Medication might embrace those to stay beta blockers (heartbeat regular ) or to cut back on the danger of anticoagulants (blood clots).
• Surgery: Most of the time, many doctors suggest repairing an associated chamber congenital heart defect diagnosed throughout childhood to forestall complications as adults. A surgeon might suggest surgery to diagnose a large- to medium-sized chamber body part defect. If the patient has severe pneumonic cardiovascular disease, then surgery is not recommended.

There are two types of surgeries:

• OPEN HEART SURGERY.
• CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION.

DURATION

This procedure usually takes 2–3 hours but some time it can take more time. The time of discharge is advised by the heart specialist.

PRECAUTIONS

• Anger and stress control.
• Take a heart-healthy diet.
• No smoking (quite).
• Regular exercise.
• Manage high cholesterol.

SUCCESS RATE

The success rate of atrial septal defects is 96–98%.