title: A new, safe, and easy technique of atrial septal defect creation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan. masashi@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakano
mesh_terms: 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