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Transcatheter creation of an atrial septal defect using radiofrequency perforation
H Justino1, L N Benson, D G Nykanen
1Department 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.
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.