A new, safe, and easy technique of atrial septal defect creation.
We created an atrial septal defect (ASD) using a Ferris-Smith-Kerrison bone punch under transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring for infants with complex congenital heart diseases, eg, transposition of the great arteries. We describe a safe and easy technique of ASD creation instead of Blalock-Hanlon operation.
Takahashi
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan. masashi@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
Kanazawa
H
H
Yamazaki
Y
Y
Ueno
M
M
Sakano
T
T
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011677:Punctures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional