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Transcatheter Ablation via a Sternotomy Approach as a Hybrid Procedure in a Univentricular Heart
Author(s) -
KHAIRY PAUL,
FOURNIER ANNE,
RUEST PIERRE,
VOBECKY SUZANNE J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01058.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ablation , hypoplastic left heart syndrome , heart disease , supraventricular tachycardia , fontan procedure , cardiology , surgery , median sternotomy , catheter ablation , tachycardia
Hybrid procedures that combine surgical and interventional techniques are increasingly utilized in patients with congenital heart disease. We performed a novel hybrid intervention involving transcatheter ablation via a sternotomy approach and atriotomy incision. A recalcitrant accessory pathway was successfully ablated in a patient with hemodynamically unstable supraventricular tachycardia and an extracadiac Fontan for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.