Key result
Direct transseptal access through an Amplatzer septal occluder using an angioplasty balloon facilitated successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a 59-year-old woman.
Case Report (n=1)
Direct transseptal puncture through an Amplatzer septal occluder using an angioplasty balloon is a feasible technique for achieving left atrial access during AF ablation.
Hypothesis-generating for AF ablation access after septal closure; larger series needed before wider adoption.
Transseptal Puncture Through Amplatzer Device. Transseptal puncture is required for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. We report on a 59‐year‐old woman presenting with atrial fibrillation after transcatheter closure of a large‐sized secundum atrial septal defect with an Amplatzer septal occluder. Direct transseptal access through the device was achieved with the aid of an angioplasty balloon and atrial fibrillation was successfully ablated. Such an approach of transseptal puncture can facilitate obtaining left atrial access in complicated intervention procedures. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 23 pp. 1139‐1141, October 2012)
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Chen et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Atrial fibrillation (n=1). Direct transseptal access through Amplatzer device using an angioplasty balloon was evaluated on Successful ablation of atrial fibrillation. Direct transseptal access through an Amplatzer septal occluder using an angioplasty balloon facilitated successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in a 59-year-old woman.
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