title: Transesophageal echocardiographic guidance of blade atrial septostomy in children.
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was used to guide blade atrial septostomy in children requiring decompression of right or left atrium. In conjunction with biplane fluoroscopy, TEE was used to position the blade septostomy catheter and to monitor the pullback from left atrium to right atrium. Subsequent balloon dilatation of atrial septum was also carried out under TEE control. The use of TEE monitoring facilitated the procedure by providing optimal views of intracardiac structures while also limiting the total radiation exposure.
authors.affiliation: Adolph Basser Cardiac Institute, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walayat
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Sholler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant