Safety and feasibility of transseptal puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with atrial septal defect closure devices

Xuping Li; Erik Wissner; Masashi Kamioka; Hisaki Makimoto; Peter Rausch; Andreas Metzner; Shibu Mathew; Andreas Rillig; Roland Richard Tilz; Alexander Fürnkranz; Qi Chen; Qingyong Zhang; Qiming Liu; Shenghua Zhou; Karl-Heinz Kuck; Feifan Ouyang

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.11.011

Safety and feasibility of transseptal puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with atrial septal defect closure devices

Heart Rhythm. 2014 Feb;11(2):330-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.11.011. Epub 2013 Nov 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Xiangya 2nd Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
² Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: ouyangfeifan@gmail.com.

PMID: 24239844
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.11.011

No abstract available

Keywords: AF; ASD; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial septal defect closure device; Catheter ablation; ICE; LA; PCI; PV; PVI; TSP; Transseptal puncture; atrial septal defect; atrial ﬁbrillation; intracardiac echocardiography; left atrium/atrial; percutaneous coronary intervention; pulmonary vein; pulmonary vein isolation; transseptal puncture.

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Catheter Ablation
Feasibility Studies
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
Heart Septum / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Punctures / standards*
Safety
Septal Occluder Device*