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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
A tale of two balloons: assessment of hemodynamics with atrial septal defect temporary balloon occlusion
Usman Javed1, Jeffrey Levisman, Jason H Rogers
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Abstract:
We describe two cases in which temporary balloon occlusion (TBO) was used to determine the suitability of atrial septal defect (ASD) closure. These cases underscore the utility of TBO in select patients undergoing percutaneous closure of ASDs.
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