Interatrial septum: A pictorial review of congenital and acquired pathologies and their management

Pegah Khoshpouri; Parisa Khoshpouri; Arash Bedayat; Kianoush Ansari-Gilani; Hamid Chalian

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.02.002

Interatrial septum: A pictorial review of congenital and acquired pathologies and their management

Clin Imaging. 2019 May-Jun:55:53-64. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.02.002. Epub 2019 Feb 6.

Authors

Pegah Khoshpouri¹, Parisa Khoshpouri², Arash Bedayat³, Kianoush Ansari-Gilani⁴, Hamid Chalian⁵

Affiliations

¹ Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² Department of Emergency Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: Hamid.chalian@duke.edu.

PMID: 30754012
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.02.002

Abstract

There are many different congenital abnormalities and acquired pathologies involving the interatrial septum. Differentiation of these pathologies significantly affects patient management. We have reviewed the various interatrial septal pathologies and discussed their congenital associates, clinical significance, and management. After reading this article, the reader should be able to better characterize the interatrial septal pathologies using the optimal imaging tools, and have a better understanding of their clinical significance and management.

Keywords: Acquired; Atrial septum; Computed tomography; Congenital; Magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Septum / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Septum / pathology*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods