Clinical Study
Modified Transseptal Puncture Technique in Challenging Septa: A Randomized Comparison to Conventional Technique
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | | MOSQ-TSP () | CONV-TSP () | value |
| | Age, years | | | 0.82 | | Male, n (%) | 27 (79.4) | 25 (73.5) | 0.60 | | Hypertension, n (%) | 7 (20.6) | 9 (26.5) | 0.42 | | Structural heart disease, n (%) | 8 (23.5) | 5 (14.7) | 0.32 | | Diabetes, n (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (5.9) | 0.16 | | CHA2DS2VASc | | | 0.89 | | Atrial diameter (PS-LAX), mm | | | 0.31 | | Oral anticoagulants, n (%) | 22 (64.7) | 20 (59) | 0.87 | | 1st procedure, n (%) | 17 (50) | 20 (58.8) | 0.50 | | 2nd procedure, n (%) | 13 (38.2) | 9 (26.5) | 0.40 | | 3rd procedure, n (%) | 5 (14.7) | 7 (20.6) | 0.64 | | General anesthesia, n (%) | 14 (41.2) | 18 (52.9) | 0.16 | | Weight, kg | | | 0.63 | | TSP for AF ablation, n (%) | 28 (82.4) | 29 (85.3) | 0.66 |
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PS-LAX, parasternal long-axis view; AF, atrial fibrillation.
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