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Radiofrequency Transseptal Catheter Electrode Fracture
Author(s) -
SHAH ASHOK J.,
JANES RENEE,
HOLLIDAY JEFFREY,
THAKUR RANJAN
Publication year - 2010
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.1540-8159.2010.02708.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interatrial septum , catheter , heart septum , surgery , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , left atrium
Transseptal puncture is performed using a long needle advanced from the femoral approach. A radiofrequency catheter has been developed that delivers a short burst of radiofrequency energy and creates a micro puncture in the interatrial septum. We describe a case in which the distal radiofrequency electrode broke and became embedded in the interatrial septum. (PACE 2010; 33:e57–e58)