Background A 34-year-old woman with known familial pulmonary arterial hypertension presented with syncope. Despite medical therapy with an endothelin-receptor antagonist and a phosphodiesterase ...

Learn how late gestation foetal imaging may help predict urgent intervention in babies with transposition of the great ...

Background: Neonates with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) are at risk of hypoxic-ischemic brain-injury. Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) improves mixing of oxygen-saturated and -desaturated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Balloon atrial septostomy appears to be safe and is associated with hemodynamic improvements in patients with ...

Evidence-based recommendations on endovascular atrial septostomy. This involves inflating a balloon passed into the heart with a catheter to try to make the hole bigger so that it does not close up ...

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Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of endovascular atrial septostomy appears adequate to support the use of this procedure provided that the normal arrangements are in place for consent, ...