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Test Occlusion of ASD

Date: Mar 7, 2014

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Congenital heart catheterization...."There was important pulmonary vein desaturation in the right and left pulmonary veins. I placed a wire into the left upper pulmonary vein. I test occluded the defect with a 10 mm x 2 mm Tyshak II balloon. I measured the arterial saturation, which was unchanged. There is no improvement in her pulse oximetry despite complete occlusion by TEE. Could not demonstrate that a reasonable benefit would be achieved with device closure."

Question ID : 5406
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