Open AccessOff-pump atrial septostomy with thoracoscopic scissors under transesophageal echocardiography guidance
Author(s) -
Raj R. Benedict,
Anuj Kumar,
Edwin Francis,
Raman Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.115273
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracoscopy , cardiopulmonary bypass , cardiology , radiology
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.