Balloon atrial septostomy as initial therapy in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
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Atrial septostomy for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
D espite progress with new drugs to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a proportion of patients still deteriorate despite medical treatment. Atrial septostomy is emerging as an effective palliative treatment associated with notable improvement in symptoms, exercise capacity, and survival. Experience of this approach in the UK is limited and many cardiologists are either unaware of thi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pulmonary Circulation
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2045-8940,2045-8940
DOI: 10.1177/2045894020958970