Transcatheter creation of an atrial septal defect using radiofrequency perforation.
Transseptal perforation using radiofrequency energy was performed successfully in a patient with congenital heart disease and a thickened interatrial septum. This was followed by balloon dilatation of the atrial septal defect. Radiofrequency is presented as a alternative to standard transseptal needle puncture. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;54:83-87.
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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, the Variety Club Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Nykanen
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D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000209:etiology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000209:etiology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography