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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.

Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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