Chapter 59 – Percutaneous Therapies for Structural Heart Disease in Adults
John G. Webb
NON-VALVULAR THERAPIES, 1301
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VALVULAR THERAPIES, 1304
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| FUTURE PERSPECTIVES, 1307 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| REFERENCES, 1307 |
This chapter will review transcatheter interventional therapy of structural heart disease in adults. Although the focus is primarily on acquired conditions, some conditions that are not acquired typically become apparent in adulthood and will also be briefly reviewed here.
Non-Valvular TherapiesPatent Foramen OvaleThe foramen ovale, which allows blood flow across the atrial septum in utero, normally closes shortly after birth as pulmonary blood flow increases and the flaplike septum primum is forced against the …