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===Balloon septostomy=== {{main|Balloon septostomy}} Catheterization can also be used to perform [[balloon septostomy]], which is the widening of a [[foramen ovale (heart)|foramen ovale]], [[patent foramen ovale]] (''PFO''), or [[atrial septal defect]] (''ASD'') using a [[balloon catheter]]. This can be done in certain congenital heart diseases in which the mechanical shunting is required to sustain life such as in [[transposition of the great vessels]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
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