Percutaneous atrial septostomy with modified butterfly stent and intracardiac echocardiographic guidance in a patient with syncope and refractory pulmonary arterial hypertension

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 668-671

  Roy, Andrew K ^a   Gaine, Sean P ^a   Walsh, Kevin P ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Atrial septostomy; Intracardiac echocardiography; Modified butterfly stent; Percutaneous procedure; Pulmonary hypertension; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AMBRISENTAN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; ILOPROST; SILDENAFIL; SITAXSENTAN; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FAINTNESS; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY; POLYPROPYLENE SUTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; STENT; VASCULAR ACCESS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; STENTS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84881555448     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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