Atrial septostomy using a butterfly stent in a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 642-647

  Prieto, Lourdes R ^a   Latson, Larry A ^a   Jennings, Constance ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Catheter intervention; Pulmonary hypertension; Stent septostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLALOCK HANLON OPERATION; BUTTERFLY STENT; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STENT; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33749603411     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20745     Document Type: Article

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