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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Stenting the atrial septum: a hybrid approach guided solely by echocardiography
Kuberan Pushparajah1, Nicholas Hayes, Andrew Durward
1Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Stenting the atrial septum to achieve decompression of the atrium is well described and commonly performed via a percutaneous catheter approach under combined fluoroscopic and echocardiographic guidance. We describe two successful cases of a hybrid approach to atrial stenting under echocardiographic guidance alone, as a viable alternative approach.
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