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  • Title: [Blade atrial septostomy in an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome awaiting heart transplantation].
    Author: Benito Bartolomé F.
    Journal: An Esp Pediatr; 2001 Apr; 54(4):402-4. PubMed ID: 11273826.
    Abstract:
    Blade atrial septostomy was performed in a 36 day-old infant diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and restrictive atrial septal defect. The patient was awaiting cardiac transplantation. The defect was enlarged using a 9.4-cm blade. The mean atrial gradient was reduced from 19 to 2mmHg. After septostomy the patient showed marked clinical improvement and aortic oxygen saturation increased from 68% to 88% with no complications. Twenty-five days later orthotopic heart transplantation was successfully performed.
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