A novel approach for off-pump atrial septostomy applications
HEART SURGERY FORUM, cilt.10, sa.6, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2007
- Doi Numarası: 10.1532/hsf98.20071127
- Dergi Adı: HEART SURGERY FORUM
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Atrial septostomy or septectomy are required to enable atrial mixture in various congenital cardiac lesions. The aim of this article was to introduce a technique where atrial septostomy application could be employed off pump with the aid of a new device. To our knowledge this is the first report for this technique in the literature. We report the results of 7 patients for whom we employed our technique succesfully using a new combined device as an alternative to traditional methods. The major advantage of our approach was avoiding detrimental effects of cardiopulmonary bypass applications.