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Comunicações interatriais (defeitos do septo atrial)

Última revisión: 13 Sep 2025
Última actualización: 06 Aug 2024

Resumen

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • sopro sistólico de ejeção
  • desdobramento fixo da segunda bulha cardíaca
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • sopro mesodiastólico
  • insuficiência cardíaca congestiva
  • deficit no crescimento
  • sintomas de arritmias atriais
  • cianose
  • baqueteamento digital
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Fatores de risco

  • sexo feminino
  • consumo materno de bebidas alcoólicas
  • história familiar positiva
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • ecocardiograma
  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
  • radiografia torácica
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • oximetria de pulso
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC)/ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) do tórax
  • cateterismo cardíaco
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

resistência vascular pulmonar (RVP) <5 unidades Wood (WU) e Qp:Qs <1.5

RVP <5 WU e Qp:Qs ≥1.5, ou evidências de aumento atrial direito

RVP ≥5 WU

Colaboradores

Autores

Christoph Haller, MD

Staff Cardiovascular Surgeon

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery

Labatt Family Heart Centre

The Hospital for Sick Children

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto

Toronto

Canada

Disclosures

CH declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Christoph Haller would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Sachin Khambadkone, Dr Brandon Lane Phillips, Dr Frank Cetta, and Dr David J. Driscoll, previous contributors of this topic.

Disclosures

SK, BLP, FC, and DJD declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Chawki Elzein, MD

Professor of Surgery

University of Illinois at Chicago

Advocate Children's Hospital

Chicago

IL

Disclosures

CE declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Jone PN, Ivy DD, Hauck A, et al. Pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Jul;16(7):e00080.Full text  Abstract

Baumgartner H, De Backer J, Babu-Narayan SV, et al; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2020 ESC guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2021 Feb 11;42(6):563-645.Full text  Abstract

Stout KK, Daniels CJ, Aboulhosn JA, et al. 2018 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of adults with congenital heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on clinical practice guidelines. Circulation. 2019 Apr 2;139(14):e698-800.Full text  Abstract

Abrahamyan L, Dharma C, Alnasser S, et al. Long-term outcomes after atrial septal defect transcatheter closure by age and against population controls. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Mar 8;14(5):566-75.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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    • 2023 ESC guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis
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