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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kapoor A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6269257 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiology cases 20120403 1
Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS), which involves artificially creating a communication across the interatrial septum following trans-septal puncture and repetitive balloon dilatation, is known to be associated with therapeutic benefit in patients with severe pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). Adult patients with large shunts and consequent severe PAH are not uncommon in the developing world, since they often seek medical attention late in the course of the disease. Often PAH in such cases is re ...[more]