Transseptal left heart catheterization: A review of 278 studies
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Cardiology
- Vol. 9 (1), 21-26
- https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.4960090105
Abstract
In our laboratory, we performed 278 transseptal left heart catheterizations in adult patients over a period of 13 years. The left atrium was entered in 91.4% of the intended left heart catheterizations. Of 252 attempts, the left ventricle was entered in 96.1 %. Major complications were aortic puncture (0.7%), pericardial puncture/suspected tamponade (3.2%), systemic arterial embolism (1.1%), and suspected perforation of the inferior vena cava (0.4%). There were no deaths. Although less frequently performed during the last decade, the transseptal catheterization technique has a complication rate of the same magnitude as during periods when this method was more commonly applied.Keywords
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