TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of a Radiofrequency Transseptal Needle in the Second Puncture of Fontan Extracardiac Conduit
AU - Nagatomo, Yusaku
AU - Nagata, Hazumu
AU - Fukuoka, Shoji
AU - Hirata, Yuichiro
AU - Yamamura, Kenichiro
AU - Ohga, Shouichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - We performed a second puncture of the extracardiac conduit in an 11-year-old Fontan patient to assess the patency of the stent previously deployed in the left pulmonary vein. For the first puncture, a mechanical Brockenbrough needle was selected to puncture the Gore-Tex conduit, an electrical insulator. For the second puncture, the location of that previous hole was detected as an indentation covered with atrial tissue, which is an electrical conductor. The second puncture was performed safely using a radiofrequency transseptal needle.
AB - We performed a second puncture of the extracardiac conduit in an 11-year-old Fontan patient to assess the patency of the stent previously deployed in the left pulmonary vein. For the first puncture, a mechanical Brockenbrough needle was selected to puncture the Gore-Tex conduit, an electrical insulator. For the second puncture, the location of that previous hole was detected as an indentation covered with atrial tissue, which is an electrical conductor. The second puncture was performed safely using a radiofrequency transseptal needle.
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U2 - 10.1177/21501351211002769
DO - 10.1177/21501351211002769
M3 - Article
C2 - 34308716
AN - SCOPUS:85147464701
SN - 2150-1351
VL - 13
SP - 106
EP - 108
JO - World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
JF - World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery
IS - 1
ER -