Anatomic limitations of balloon atrial septostomy

• Published in: Human pathology Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 345 - 349
• Main Authors: Korns, Michael E., Garabedian, Hrair A., Lauer, Ronald M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.1972
• Subjects: Angiocardiography; Cardiac Catheterization; Cineangiography; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - etiology; Heart Septum - anatomy & histology; Heart Septum - surgery; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Palliative Care; Transposition of Great Vessels - surgery; Tricuspid Valve - abnormalities; Tricuspid Valve Stenosis - surgery

The purpose of this paper is to describe some anatomical variations of the atrial septum that may limit the size of a defect produced by balloon septostomy. The atrial septa of 37 hearts of infants dying of cardiac malformations amenable to balloon septostomy were examined. In five the fossa ovalis...