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Atrial flutter: yet another cause of arterial desaturation in atrial septal defect

Part of: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Electrophysiology Echocardiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2021

Saurabh Kumar Gupta Open the ORCID record for Saurabh Kumar Gupta [Opens in a new window] ,
Sakshi Sachdeva Open the ORCID record for Sakshi Sachdeva [Opens in a new window]  and
Rajnish Juneja
Saurabh Kumar Gupta*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
Sakshi Sachdeva
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
Rajnish Juneja
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
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Author for correspondence: Dr S. K. Gupta, Room no. 9, 8th floor, Department of Cardiology, Cardio-thoracic Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India. Tel: +91-11-26594944; Fax: +91-11-26588663. E-mail: drsaurabhmd@gmail.com
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Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension is not the only cause of arterial desaturation in patients with atrial septal defect. Arterial desaturation can also occur with normal pulmonary artery pressure making it mandatory to understand the mechanism to avoid erroneous diagnosis. In this report, for the first time, we demonstrate atrial flutter as the cause of arterial desaturation in a patient with large atrial septal defect despite normal pulmonary artery pressure, which was normalised following successful radiofrequency ablation.

Keywords

Atrial septal defectatrial flutterarterial desaturationpulmonary hypertension

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , June 2021 , pp. 1027 - 1029
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Work attributed to: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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