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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==
Answer d. All of the indications listed are common indications for balloon atrial
septostomy.
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:This question originally printed in the [http://www.amazon.com/Justin-L.-Lockman/e/B00FLG5AEE/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics] kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
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