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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Off-pump atrial septostomy with thoracoscopic scissors under transesophageal echocardiography guidance
Raj R Benedict1, Anuj Kumar1, Edwin Francis2
1Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
Selected children with congenital heart defects undergoing palliative closed heart procedures require a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) run only for the purpose of creating an inter-atrial communication. We report a simple technique of atrial septostomy using thoracoscopy scissors under transesophageal echocardiography guidance without the need for CPB.
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