CPC A61B 17/0057 (2013.01) [A61F 2/2427 (2013.01); A61M 27/002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00247 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00575 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00592 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00597 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00606 (2013.01); A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61F 2/2436 (2013.01); A61F 2002/249 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A method for use with a heart of a subject, the method comprising:
during a medical procedure, making a transseptal fenestration at a septum of the heart and implanting a shunt into the transseptal fenestration;
during the same medical procedure, making a transapical puncture into a left ventricle of the heart;
delivering a prosthetic valve via the transapical puncture and implanting the prosthetic valve at a mitral valve of the heart; and
subsequently to delivering the prosthetic valve and making the transseptal fenestration, closing the transapical puncture,
wherein making the transseptal fenestration comprises making a fenestration in an interventricular septum of the heart.
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