Technical Experience and Procedural Outcomes Using A Radiofrequency Wire-Based Transseptal Platform In Pediatric And Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients (VERSACROSS)

Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure that involves inserting a thin, flexible tube (catheter) into a blood vessel and threading it into the heart. Cardiac catheterization procedures may require access to the upper systemic chamber (left atrium) or lower systemic chamber (left ventricle) of the heart. Historically it was done using the artery in the groin (femoral artery), and now it is often approached via the femoral vein, using a puncture across the atrial wall (trasseptal puncture) to access the left side of the heart from the right side. The primary outcome is to assess transseptal puncture success and assess puncture related adverse events.

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• Patients will be eligible for the study if they have undergone an electrophysiology study during which the VersaCross system was used for transseptal access.
• Patients without congenital heart disease will be eligible if they are <18 years of age.
• Patients with congenital heart disease will be eligible regardless of age.

• Patients with anatomically normal hearts will be excluded if they are >18 years old.