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Balloon atrial septostomy is accepted as the best initial palliative treatment in infants with certain
types of cyanotic congenital heart disease and the importance of prompt creation of atrial communi-
cation can not be overemphasized in these patients.
Balloon atrial septostomy is performed through femoral vein using percutaneous technique in most
cases and is rarely done by cut down approach. However, percutaneous femoral vein... |
