ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY FOR PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
A review of the available literature on the use of the world atrial septostomy in patients with pulmonary hypertension: the history of techniques, basic pathophysiologic principles, performance technique, indications, clinical and hemodynamic results. It argued the appropriateness of atrial septostomy earlier in the course of pulmonary hypertension before the onset of severe right ventricular failure and inefficiency of specific drug therapy, and the use of devices that allow to maintain a predetermined diameter interatrial communication for a long time.