title: A new procedure for a trans-conduit puncture by grasping the dilator tip with a snare catheter: an alternative access method during catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardias after an extracardiac Fontan operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: aokihisaaki-osk@umin.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hisaaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeno
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Catheter ablation; Extracardiac Fontan operation; Snare catheter; Supraventricular tachycardia; Trans-conduit puncture