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Surgical atrial septostomy without cardiopulmonary bypass
Y Kawahira1, H Kishimoto, H Kawata
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
Surgical atrial septostomy using a special atriotomy knife without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with obstruction of the left-sided atrioventricular valve and complex cardiac anomalies is described. This procedure is effective, safe, and economical for patients in the acute stage after intracardiac repair, and available for patients with a closed fossa ovalis.