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Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 9 No. 3-4, 2014.

Review article

Transseptal catheterization

Nikola Pavlović ; University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Šime Manola ; University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Vjekoslav Radeljić ; University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Benko ; University Hospital Centre Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia
Michael Kühne ; University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Christian Sticherling ; University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Abstract

Transseptal puncture (TSP) is a procedure that allows transvenous access to the structures of the left heart. TSP has been primarily developed for the evaluation of valvular disease and mitral valvuloplasty, while today, in the era of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), it has become a routine procedure performed by a great number of electrophysiologists. Since there is a constant increase in a number of PVIs in Croatia, TSP is becoming a standard procedure for electrophysiologists. Physicians and staff must therefore be trained in TSP and its potential complication. This review focuses on the historical development of TSP, its technical aspect, indications and complications.

Keywords

transseptal puncture; atrial fibrillation; pulmonary vein isolation

Hrčak ID:

146873

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/146873

Publication date:

26.3.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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