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• TITLE: Transcatheter Decompression of the Left Atrium in an Adolescent with a Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Severe Parachute Mitral Valve Stenosis and Pulmonary Hypertension

  AUTHORS: Y. H. Cai, Q. Li, Z. Li, G. Yang, D. Schranz

  KEYWORDS: Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Parachute Mitral Valve, Pulmonary Hypertension, Left Atrial Decompression

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.7 No.12, December 14, 2017

  ABSTRACT: A 17-year-old adolescent with non-operated double inlet left-ventricle and severe stenosed parachute mitral valve is reported. He was admitted with repetitive syncope related to intermittent atrial fibrillation. Life-threatening syncope combined with pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension together with his single ventricle pathophysiology led to the decision for left atrial decompression by percutaneous static atrial septum ballooning after transseptal needle perforation. Aiming to create a restrictive atrial septum defect, unloading of the left atrium without disturbing the balanced hemodynamics was directed for a long-term palliation or as a basis for a further surgical follow-up approach.