title: Off-pump atrial septostomy with thoracoscopic scissors under transesophageal echocardiography guidance.
abstract: Selected children with congenital heart defects undergoing palliative closed heart procedures require a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) run only for the purpose of creating an inter-atrial communication. We report a simple technique of atrial septostomy using thoracoscopy scissors under transesophageal echocardiography guidance without the need for CPB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Raj R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Benedict
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Anuj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: R Krishna
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Atrial septostomy; off-pump technique; pulmonary artery band; single ventricle