Balloon Atrial Septostomy

🔬How Balloon Atrial Septostomy is Performed

• 1Pre-operative assessment — blood work, ECG, imaging, and fitness for sedation anesthesia
• 2Administration of sedation anesthesia by the anaesthesia team
• 3Surgical access — incisions or ports created based on open or minimally invasive approach
• 4Core procedure: Catheter-based procedure to enlarge a heart opening in newborns
• 5Haemostasis, drain placement if needed, and systematic closure of surgical layers
• 6Transfer to recovery room for anaesthesia reversal and vital-sign monitoring