What procedure creates an atrial septal defect?
A) Cardiac angiography
B) CABG
C) PTCA
D) Ballon valvuloplasty
Ans: D
Feedback: After a balloon valvuloplasty all patients have some degree of mitral regurgitation. Other possible complications include bleeding from the catheter insertion sites, emboli resulting in complications such as strokes, and rarely, left-to-right atrial shunts through an atrial septal defect caused by the procedure.
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