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Outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing percutaneous atrial septal defect closure
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- Published on: 27 January 2008
- Published on: 27 January 2008Atrial Septal Defect in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: to close or not to close?Show More
Dear Editor,
With great interest we read the article of Balint and coworkers (1), in which they report the results of catheter-closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) in 54 patients with associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The authors describe successful closure and a decrease in pulmonary artery pressure and NYHA functional class at one year follow up in the majority of patients. On the other han...
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