title: Transcatheter creation of an atrial septal defect using radiofrequency perforation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Justino
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Nykanen
mesh_terms: 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