title: Stenting the atrial septum: a hybrid approach guided solely by echocardiography.
abstract: Stenting the atrial septum to achieve decompression of the atrium is well described and commonly performed via a percutaneous catheter approach under combined fluoroscopic and echocardiographic guidance. We describe two successful cases of a hybrid approach to atrial stenting under echocardiographic guidance alone, as a viable alternative approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kuberan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pushparajah
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durward
authors.forename: Shakeel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Conal B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D054087:Atrial Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome