First-in-man experience with cryoplasty during graded balloon atrial septostomy to reduce spontaneous closure in a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

EuroIntervention. 2014 Feb;9(10):1235-6. doi: 10.4244/EIJV9I10A206.

Authors

Mayra Guerrero¹, Hector Cajigas, Rana Awdish, Adam Greenbaum, Akshay Khandelwal, Julio Sandoval

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, and Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA.

PMID: 24561738
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I10A206

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrial Septum / surgery*
Blood Pressure / physiology
Cryosurgery / methods*
Equipment Failure
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Female
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
Middle Aged
Palliative Care
Treatment Outcome