title: Transseptal Techniques for Emerging Structural Heart Interventions.
abstract: The development of new transseptal transcatheter interventions for patients with structural heart disease is fueling increasing interest in transseptal puncture techniques. The authors review contemporary transseptal puncture indications and techniques and provide a step-by-step approach to challenging transseptal access and procedural complications.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alkhouli
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Charanjit S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rihal
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: holmes.david@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques; D004867:Equipment Design; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011677:Punctures; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: fossa ovalis; left atrial appendage; mitral valve repair; pulmonary vein isolation; site-specific puncture; transseptal puncture