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. 2013 Mar;3(1):38–46. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2013.02.07

Figure 2.

Figure 2

ICE-guided balloon sizing prior to ASD device closure: the sizing balloon is inflated in the LA and then withdrawn into the RA until a waist forms in the balloon. The diameter of the waist is taken as the stretched diameter of the ASD. (B, balloon; LA, left atrium; RA, right atrium; WA, waist)