Atrial
- Long-term follow-up of children after repair of atrial septal defects
The authors advocate repair of atrial septal defects as early as possible, definitely "before age 5, in order to minimize long-term complications of left-to-right shunting.
- Atrial natriuretic factor and catecholamine levels during exercise in patients with and without coronary artery disease
In coronary artery disease, exercise-induced myocardial ischemia does not produce further release of ANF, suggesting that the cause of ANF release is not ischemia itself, but left ventricular dysfunction leading to increases in intracardiac pressures.