title: Surgical atrial septostomy without cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: Surgical atrial septostomy using a special atriotomy knife without cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with obstruction of the left-sided atrioventricular valve and complex cardiac anomalies is described. This procedure is effective, safe, and economical for patients in the acute stage after intracardiac repair, and available for patients with a closed fossa ovalis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawahira
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakada
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn