SUCCESSFUL TRANSCATHETER PERFORATION OF THE ATRETIC PULMONARY VALVE MEMBRANE IN A NEWBORN USING THE NEW COE RADIOFREQUENCY END HOLE CATHETER

Authors
CHEATHAM JP COE JY KUGLER JD FLETCHER SE TOWER AJ
Citation
Jp. Cheatham et al., SUCCESSFUL TRANSCATHETER PERFORATION OF THE ATRETIC PULMONARY VALVE MEMBRANE IN A NEWBORN USING THE NEW COE RADIOFREQUENCY END HOLE CATHETER, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 45(2), 1998, pp. 162-166
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
162 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1998)45:2<162:STPOTA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The new 2 French Coe radiofrequency (RF) end hole catheter was first u sed to successfully perforate the atretic pulmonary valve membrane usi ng an antegrade approach in a newborn with intact ventricular septum ( IVS). Nine watts of energy for 8 sec was required with simultaneous de livery of a 0.014 in. coronary guidewire coaxially through the end hol e RF catheter for balloon valvuloplasty, This new ringed-tip end hole RF catheter offers considerable advantages to the pediatric interventi onalist in the transcatheter therapy in neonates with pulmonary atresi a (PA) and IVS, (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.