A new, safe, and easy technique of atrial septal defect creation

M Takahashi; H Kanazawa; Y Yamazaki; M Ueno; T Sakano

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01226-6

A new, safe, and easy technique of atrial septal defect creation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Jan;69(1):293-4. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01226-6.

Authors

M Takahashi¹, H Kanazawa, Y Yamazaki, M Ueno, T Sakano

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata City General Hospital, Niigata, Japan. masashi@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

PMID: 10654545
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01226-6

Abstract

We created an atrial septal defect (ASD) using a Ferris-Smith-Kerrison bone punch under transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring for infants with complex congenital heart diseases, eg, transposition of the great arteries. We describe a safe and easy technique of ASD creation instead of Blalock-Hanlon operation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Atria / surgery*
Heart Septal Defects / surgery
Heart Septum / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Punctures / instrumentation
Punctures / methods
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*
Ultrasonography, Interventional