Hi, may I answer your health queries My wife is 52 years old and just found out that she has a hole in the upper part of her heart, I think it is called ASD. She doesnt smoke and we work out 3 to five times a week. We started running 5k races last year. She does complain that she is tired alot. What can we expect is going to happen after they repair the hole?
Hi there ASD is basically a hole in the partition wall of upper two chambers of the heart called Right and left Atria. Now right side of heart is a low pressure chamber and receives used blood from the body which lacks oxygen and left side is a high pressure side that pumps the fresh oxygen containing blood throughout the body. Now when there is a hole in the partition used and fresh blood gets mixed up and body doesn't receive adequate fresh blood and person feels tired. After closure of the ASD she will feel a lot better. In experienced hands as such there are no significant complications. She will be good don't worry. I wish her good luck