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Latest revision as of 02:49, 25 September 2026
A balloon atrial septostomy may be performed in order to:
a) Create a Right-to-Left shunt for patients with severe pulmonary hypertension
b) Increase atrial mixing in patients with d-TGA
c) Provide left atrial decompression for patients supported by V-A ECMO
d) All of the above
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Answer d. All of the indications listed are common indications for balloon atrial septostomy.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.