Bedside balloon atrial septostomy is safe, efficacious, and cost-effective compared with septostomy performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Mar 1;89(5):613-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)02309-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization / economics*
  • Catheterization / economics*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Female
  • Heart Atria* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care, Neonatal / economics
  • Male
  • Palliative Care / economics*
  • Point-of-Care Systems / economics*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / economics*
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome