Abstract

LAGIOIA, Alberto; ATAMANUK, Nicolás  and  BORTMAN, Guillermo. Tratamiento intervencionista de la hipertensión pulmonar. Insuf. card. [online]. 2007, vol.2, n.3, pp.137-140. ISSN 1852-3862.

The pulmonary hypertension is a rare disease that affects peoplein the third and fourth decade of life; the predominance is in female sex. Since the first pulmonary transplant, made in 1980, de medical treatment and the interventional procedures have had a great progress. The first septostomy was in 1983 and nowadays, there have been 300 septostomies around the world. We introduced a case report of a septostomy like a bridge to a pulmonary transplant.

Keywords : Pulmonary hypertension; Invasive treatment; Septostomy.

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