title: A novel approach for off-pump atrial septostomy applications.
abstract: Atrial septostomy or septectomy are required to enable atrial mixture in various congenital cardiac lesions. The aim of this article was to introduce a technique where atrial septostomy application could be employed off pump with the aid of a new device. To our knowledge this is the first report for this technique in the literature. We report the results of 7 patients for whom we employed our technique successfully using a new combined device as an alternative to traditional methods. The major advantage of our approach was avoiding detrimental effects of cardiopulmonary bypass applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. hpoyrazoglu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: H Hakan
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Poyrazoglu
authors.forename: Funda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tor
authors.forename: M Kemal
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Avsar
authors.forename: Sevcan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kayhan
authors.forename: Nazan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozbarlas
authors.forename: O Kemal
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Salih
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014159:Transducers; D016896:Treatment Outcome