title: Operative insertion of a transvenous left atrial pressure monitoring line.
abstract: We describe a technique for the insertion of a left atrial pressure monitoring line during open heart operations in infants. The procedure requires central venous cannulation with a long catheter, followed by intraoperative placement of the catheter tip through the interatrial septum into the left atrium. The technique has been used successfully in 35 infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Satur
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Stubington
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Crew
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure