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Closed atrial septectomy with Brock punch aided by operative transesophageal echocardiography
J M Simpson1, D R Anderson, S A Qureshi
1Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, London, England.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 5-week-old infant with mitral atresia and double-outlet right ventricle underwent blade atrial septostomy complicated by cardiac tamponade. Surgical septectomy was performed using a Brock punch aided by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. This was well tolerated, and the adequacy of the septectomy could be assessed immediately.