Transcatheter creation of an atrial septal defect using radiofrequency perforation

H Justino; L N Benson; D G Nykanen

doi:10.1002/ccd.1244

Transcatheter creation of an atrial septal defect using radiofrequency perforation

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 Sep;54(1):83-7. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1244.

Authors

H Justino¹, L N Benson, D G Nykanen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, the Variety Club Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 11553955
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1244

Abstract

Transseptal perforation using radiofrequency energy was performed successfully in a patient with congenital heart disease and a thickened interatrial septum. This was followed by balloon dilatation of the atrial septal defect. Radiofrequency is presented as a alternative to standard transseptal needle puncture. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;54:83-87.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Catheter Ablation / methods*
Catheterization / methods*
Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy*
Heart Rupture / etiology*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / etiology*
Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septum / surgery
Humans
Infant
Radiography