Atrial septostomy is a surgical procedure in which a small hole is created between the upper two chambers of the heart, the atria. This procedure is primarily...

supraventricular (or narrow complex) tachycardias, including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. It is also used in the emergent treatment of wide complex...

Balloon septostomy is the widening of a foramen ovale, patent foramen ovale (PFO), or atrial septal defect (ASD) via cardiac catheterization (heart cath)...

breathing can occur. An experimental procedure called fetal balloon atrial septostomy can be used to artificially create the required defect in utero. progressive...

and the pulmonary artery) were transposed. A complex operation called an atrial septectomy, the procedure was executed so flawlessly by Thomas that Blalock...

riociguat were undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of PAH. Atrial septostomy is a surgical procedure that creates a communication between the right...

treatment of congenital heart defects. He introduced the Rashkind balloon atrial septostomy to treat transposition of the great vessels. Rashkind was born in...

shunt in cases associated with pulmonary stenosis. Also, a balloon atrial septostomy can be done to relieve hypoxemia caused by DORV with the Taussig-Bing...

balloon atrial septostomy was used, the ASD should be able to be closed with sutures, but cases involving large congenital ASDs or Blalock-Hanlon atrial septectomy...

procedures. A balloon atrial septostomy is performed with a balloon catheter, which is inserted into a patent foramen ovale (PFO), or atrial septal defect (ASD)...

also be used to perform balloon septostomy, which is the widening of a foramen ovale, patent foramen ovale (PFO), or atrial septal defect (ASD) using a balloon...

shunt Alfred Blalock, C. Rollins Hanlon Paediatric surgery Palliative atrial septostomy to treat infants with complete transposition of the great arteries...

and can keep the body oxygenated until surgery can be performed. Atrial septostomy can also be performed, usually with a cardiac catheter instead of...

Rashkind announced the success of his new surgical procedure, atrial balloon septostomy on newborn infants born with a cyanotic heart defect caused by...

year, she became the first person in the UK to perform a balloon atrial septostomy after learning how to perform the procedure from its inventor, William...

or pulmonary fetal heart valves to allow blood flow Atrial septostomy - opening the inter-atrial septum of the fetal heart to allow unrestricted blood...

Some acquired shunts are modifications of congenital ones: a balloon septostomy can enlarge a foramen ovale (if performed on a newborn), PFO or ASD; or...

connection between the aorta and the systemic circulation. A balloon atrial septostomy is also done. This ensures that there is enough of a connection between...