Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a congenital heart condition where the formation of the connection between the atrial chambers is defective, thus allowing left-to-right shunting and the consequent risk ...

ATLANTA -- An interatrial shunt failed to provide a clinical benefit to people with heart failure (HF) overall in the RELIEVE-HF trial, though actual harm or benefit seemed to hinge on the patient's ...

Late last year, a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel resoundingly declined to endorse the first interatrial shunt system for patients with heart failure (HF). The decision was based on a ...