A New Proposal for Crossing Two or More Sheaths through Single Trans-Septal Puncture in Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Experience with Steerable Introducer

A New Proposal for Crossing Two or More Sheaths through Single Trans-Septal Puncture in Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Experience with Steerable Introducer

Introduction: We have sometimes experienced difficulty in crossing two or more sheath through one septal puncture for catheter based pulmonary vein isolation. Methods: Subjects were 32 consecutive patients (25 men and 7 women) ranging from age 43 to 76 with paroxysmal or sustained atrial fibrillatio...

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Main Authors: Mitsunori Okamoto, MD, Takashi Sueda, MD, Masaki Hashimoto, MD, Yukihiro Fukuda, MD, Yumiko Shintani, MD, Takeshi Matsumoto, MD, Toshitaka Iwasaki, MD, Hiroki Kinoshita, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Catheter ablation
Atrial fibrillation
Steerable sheath
Brockenbrough method
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