Transcatheter ablation via a sternotomy approach as a hybrid procedure in a univentricular heart
Paul Khairy1, Anne Fournier, Pierre Ruest
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada. paul.khairy@umontreal.ca
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|April 29, 2008
Abstract:
Hybrid procedures that combine surgical and interventional techniques are increasingly utilized in patients with congenital heart disease. We performed a novel hybrid intervention involving transcatheter ablation via a sternotomy approach and atriotomy incision. A recalcitrant accessory pathway was successfully ablated in a patient with hemodynamically unstable supraventricular tachycardia and an extracadiac Fontan for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.


