Two‐Dimensional Strain and Strain Rate Imaging of the Left Atrium and Left Ventricle in Adult Patients with Atrial Septal Defects before and after the Later Stage of Percutaneous Device Closure

LA and LV S and SR are not significantly affected in ASD patients. However, correction of the long-standing volume overload by percutaneous closure causes an early increase in LA and LV longitudinal deformation that correlates with the magnitude of the atrial septal defect. But this increase decreased in 1 month after closure.