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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 1004-1005, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Operative insertion of a transvenous left atrial pressure monitoring line

CM Satur, SR Stubington, AD Crew and DR Walker
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

We describe a technique for the insertion of a left atrial pressure monitoring line during open heart operations in infants. The procedure requires central venous cannulation with a long catheter, followed by intraoperative placement of the catheter tip through the interatrial septum into the left atrium. The technique has been used successfully in 35 infants.

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