Atrial Septal Defect.pptVIP

Atrial Septal Defect Kendra Marsh, MD Division of Cardiology, UIC Fellow Embryology Gestational Week 4 Gestational Week 4-6 ? A thin, crescent shaped wedge of tissue of (septum primum) grows towards and fuses with endocardial cushions. The remaining opening is called the ostuim primum. ? As the septum primum is growing down, the endocardial cushions fuse and the ostium primum is eventually obliterated. Embryology The interatrial septum forms during the first and second months of fetal development. Stage I is the formation of the septum primum. The septum primum walls off a cresc