Abstract:
:Despite significant advances in pharmacological treatments, pulmonary arterial hypertension remains an incurable disease with an unreasonably high morbidity and mortality. Although specific pharmacotherapies have shifted the survival curves of patients and improved exercise endurance as well as quality of life, it is also true that these pharmacological interventions are not always accessible (particularly in developing countries) and, perhaps most importantly, not all patients respond similarly to these drugs. Furthermore, many patients will continue to deteriorate and will eventually require an additional, non-pharmacological, intervention. In this review we analyze the role of atrial septostomy and Potts anastomosis in the management of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, we summarize the current worldwide clinical experience (case reports and case series), and discuss why these interventional/surgical strategies might have a therapeutic role beyond that of a "bridge" to transplantation.
journal_name
J Cardioljournal_title
Journal of cardiologyauthors
Sandoval J,Gomez-Arroyo J,Gaspar J,Pulido-Zamudio Tdoi
10.1016/j.jjcc.2015.02.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-10-01 00:00:00pages
304-14issue
4eissn
0914-5087issn
1876-4738pii
S0914-5087(15)00035-0journal_volume
66pub_type
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