<unk>  is a surgical procedure in which a small hole is created between the upper two chambers of the heart, the<unk>  This procedure is primarily used to palliate dextro-Transposition of the great arteries or d-TGA (often imprecisely called transposition of the great arteries), a life-threatening cyanotic congenital heart defect seen in infants. It is performed prior to an arterial switch operation.<unk>  has also seen limited use as a surgical treatment for pulmonary hypertension. The first<unk>  (then less precisely called a septectomy) was developed by Vivien Thomas in a canine model and performed in humans by Alfred Blalock. The Rashkind balloon procedure, a common<unk>  technique, was developed in 1966 by American cardiologist William Rashkind at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. There are two types of this procedure: balloon<unk>  (also called endovascular<unk> , Rashkind<unk>  balloon<unk> , or simply Rashkind's procedure) and blade<unk>  (also called static balloon<unk> .
Atrial septostomy
Arterial switch operation
Pulmonary artery banding
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
Cardiomyoplasty
Pericardial window
Robot-assisted double heart valve replacement
Fontan procedure