A useful trick for difficult transseptal access during cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation.
A 76-year-old man with history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery was referred to our department for cryoballoon ablation of symptomatic drug-resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Thick septum can complicate such procedures; we describe a useful maneuver to circumvent this problem.
Cardiovascular Division, UZ Brussel-VUB, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels (Belgium). giulioconte.cardio@gmail.com.
Giulio
G
Conte
Gian-Battista
GB
Chierchia
Pedro
P
Brugada
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004867:Equipment Design; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome