Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Atrial Septal Defect
Did ever the idea hit on you that there could be a close link between obstructive sleep apnea and atrial septal defect? Then first you have to know what is an atrial septal defect before making a probe into the correlation.
What Is Atrial Septal Defect?
First, we will talk about Atrioventricular (AV) septal defects, which encompass a series of mal-developments of the AV valves, lower portion of the atrial septum and inferior part of the ventricular septum. These glitches are also known as endocardial cushion defects and AV septal defects.