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The heart surgery forum · Jan 2007
Case ReportsA novel approach for off-pump atrial septostomy applications.
- H Hakan Poyrazoglu, Funda Tor, M Kemal Avsar, Sevcan Erdem, Cem Kayhan, Nazan Ozbarlas, and O Kemal Salih.
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. hpoyrazoglu@yahoo.com
- Heart Surg Forum. 2007 Jan 1; 10 (6): E445-8.
AbstractAtrial 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 successfully 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.
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