Atrial septostomy under transesophageal guidance in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension and absent right superior vena cava.
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Abstract
A patient presenting primary pulmonary hypertension and absent right superior vena cava underwent blade/balloon atrial septostomy as palliative therapy. Due to the anomaly of the venous drainage system, only transesophageal echocardiography allowed the performance of the maneuvre.
Medical subject headings
- Catheterization
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal
- Heart Atria
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Palliative Care
- Ultrasonography, Interventional
- Vena Cava, Superior