Decompressive atrioseptostomy (DAS) for the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to restrictive cardiomyopathy

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15:203:845-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.059. Epub 2015 Nov 7.

Authors

Nikolaus A Haas¹, Kai Thorsten Laser², Sissi Bach², Marinos Kantzis², Christoph M Happel², Marcus Fischer²

Affiliations

¹ Department for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Centre North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: nhaas@hdz-nrw.de.
² Department for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Centre North Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

PMID: 26599749
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.059

No abstract available

Keywords: Decompressive balloon atrioseptostomy; Diastolic heart failure; Pulmonary hypertension; Restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Atrial Septum / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Septum / surgery*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / complications
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / physiopathology
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / surgery*
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / physiology*
Severity of Illness Index
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*