title: Transcatheter ablation via a sternotomy approach as a hybrid procedure in a univentricular heart.
abstract: Hybrid procedures that combine surgical and interventional techniques are increasingly utilized in patients with congenital heart disease. We performed a novel hybrid intervention involving transcatheter ablation via a sternotomy approach and atriotomy incision. A recalcitrant accessory pathway was successfully ablated in a patient with hemodynamically unstable supraventricular tachycardia and an extracadiac Fontan for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Canada. paul.khairy@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khairy
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruest
authors.forename: Suzanne J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Vobecky
mesh_terms: D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome