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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-5633</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cardiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Colomb. Cardiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-5633</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Colombiana de Cardiologia. Oficina de Publicaciones]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-56332023000600361</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24875/rccar.22000101</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cómo realizar una punción transeptal de manera segura y exitosa]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[How to perform a transseptal puncture safely and effectively]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Niño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[César D.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bastidas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oriana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aristizábal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julián M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Marín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge E.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan M.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mauricio]]></given-names>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES Clínica Las Vegas Grupo Quirón Salud Servicio de Electrofisiología y Arritmias Cardíacas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES Clínica SOMER Servicio de Electrofisiología y Arritmias Cardíacas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rionegro ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación Servicio de Electrofisiología y Arritmias Cardíacas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rionegro ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad CES Clínica Las Américas Servicio de Electrofisiología y Arritmias Cardíacas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>361</fpage>
<lpage>371</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-56332023000600361&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-56332023000600361&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-56332023000600361&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Introducida inicialmente en la década de los cincuenta para la evaluación de las presiones de la aurícula izquierda y posteriormente para la realización de valvuloplastia mitral, la punción transeptal es, con frecuencia, la vía de acceso para efectuar procedimientos que involucren las cavidades izquierdas. En la actualidad, se usa comúnmente en los laboratorios de electrofisiología, tanto para la ablación de arritmias en cavidades izquierdas como para los procedimientos de cierre percutáneo de orejuela. No obstante, con la llegada de diversas técnicas para el manejo percutáneo de la válvula mitral, se espera un aumento progresivo de su uso por parte de cardiólogos intervencionistas. En este artículo, se revisa la técnica para hacer una punción transeptal segura y se dan recomendaciones y estrategias para el manejo de la punción transeptal difícil.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Initially described in 1959 as a technique to measure left atrial pressures, and later used during balloon mitral valvuloplasty, transeptal puncture (TSP) is frequently the access route for procedures involving the left heart chambers. Currently, it is mostly used in electrophysiology laboratories for arrhythmia ablation and during left atrial appendage occlusion procedures. However, with the ongoing development of percutaneous mitral valve interventions, it is expected that a greater number of interventional cardiologists will be using this technique in the near future. In this article, we review the technique to perform TSP safely, and we provide recommendations and different strategies to deal with difficult TSPs.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Punción transeptal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ablación de arritmias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cardiología estructural]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Complicaciones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Transeptal puncture]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Arrhythmia ablation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Structural cardiology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Complications]]></kwd>
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