AMA CPT® Assistant - 1998 Issue 4 (April)
Frequently Asked Questions (April 1998)
April 1998 pages 10-12 Frequently Asked Questions A 2-month-old infant is brought to the cardiac catheterization lab with a history of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. He is currently awaiting cardiac transplantation and has been experiencing progressive restriction of his atrial septum and increasing desaturation. Is the enlargement of an atrial septal defect at the time of a diagnostic right and left cardiac catheterization for congenital heart disease, additionally reported? Is a static balloon dilation procedure (atrial septostomy) using the Brockenbrough method of entering the left atrium from the right atrium by passing a Brockenbrough needle through the atrial septum...
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