- transseptal needle
- a needle used to puncture the interatrial septum in transseptal catheterization.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
transseptal needle
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Brockenbrough needle — a curved steel transseptal needle within a Brockenbrough transseptal catheter; used to puncture the interatrial septum … Medical dictionary
Brockenbrough transseptal catheter — a specialized cardiac catheter with a curved steel inner needle that can puncture the interatrial septum; used to catheterize the left ventricle when the aortic valve cannot be crossed in a retrograde approach … Medical dictionary
