Transseptal catheterization of the native septum for atrial fibrillation ablation in presence of septal occluder device: a novel approach with real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiographic guidance

J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2020 Oct;59(1):79-80. doi: 10.1007/s10840-020-00703-3. Epub 2020 Feb 21.

Authors

Gianfranco Mitacchione¹, Antonio Curnis², Giovanni B Forleo³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology department, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy. gianfrancomit@hotmail.com.
² Cardiology department, Spedali Civili Hospital, University of Brescia, P.zza Spedali Civili 1, 20123, Brescia, Italy.
³ Cardiology department, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 32086731
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-020-00703-3

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation ablation; Atrial septal occluder device; Transseptal catheterization.

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Atrial Septum* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Septum* / surgery
Cardiac Catheterization
Catheter Ablation*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial* / surgery
Humans
Septal Occluder Device*
Treatment Outcome