The aim of this study was to determine the effect of balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) on cerebral oxygenation in neonates with transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) ...

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 ...

A 64-year-old man was admitted to a hospital with cardiogenic shock (CS) secondary to end-stage heart failure. His medical history was significant for severe mitral regurgitation, prior myocardial ...

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 ...

Medtronic is recalling Rashkind balloon septostomy catheters because of quality problems that may lead to the device breaking, separating, or failing during use, which could cause serious harm, ...

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Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of septostomy, with or without amnioreduction, for the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) does not appear adequate for this procedure to ...