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Transseptal Puncture

Hands-on training for left heart access

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Transseptal puncture is an important technique used by electrophysiologists and interventional cardiologists in the treatment of many cardiac conditions. Although commonly performed, it is not without risk. Over time imaging modalities such as intra-cardiac echo (ICE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) have helped improve the safety of the technique—requiring physicians to adopt a new skillset to understand and interpret these images.

Currently training is performed on patients. Mentice transseptal puncture software takes the training away from the patient and places it in a risk-free environment—allowing physicians to develop and build upon their technical, procedural and cognitive skills. The software provides the user with options to use reference catheters, ultrasound, pressure measurements, and the possibility to show augmented visualizations—putting the focus of the training on safety and ensuring a correct positioning before puncture.

The software allows the user to train as a team with an echocardiographer or individually using preset echo views for ICE and TEE—a key feature within the software. Each scenario has been based on actual clinical cases and provides advanced metrics to help users with a platform upon which they can build procedural success.

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Features & Benefits

  • Key Benefits
    • Learn the steps of transseptal puncture
    • Advanced imaging through ICE and TEE
    • Practice and perfect safe puncture of the fossa ovalis
    • Introduce teams to left atrial procedures   
    • Take training away from patient into a risk-free environment

  • Features & Functionalities
    • Ability to use real clinical devices
    • Different techniques for locating fossa ovalis
    • Visualization of anatomical landmarks
    • Normal, fibrotic and aneurysmal fossa ovalis
    • Realistic haptic feedback during puncture
    • Staining of fossa ovalis to show tenting
    • Realistic ECG and interactive pressure curves
    • Visualization of sheath and needle rotation
    • Reference catheters (HIS, CS, pigtail)
    • Simulated ICE and TEE imaging
    • Pre-defined key ICE and TEE views\
    • Possibility to manipulate echo views
    • Warnings for flushing and heparin injections
    • Complications like perforations through needle

  • Training Objectives
    • Gain experience with the transseptal assembly
    • Utilize reference catheters as landmarks
    • Manipulate devices and manage anatomical variations
    • Recognize important anatomical landmarks
    • Manipulate and interpret ICE and TEE to perform a safe puncture
    • Verify correct puncture site
    • Utilize needle pressure to confirm location
    • Perform a safe puncture without echo guidance
    • Avoid and detect perforation of left atrial wall
    • Discover recovery options in case of inadvertent aortic puncture
    • Learn how to safely puncture fibrotic and aneurysmal fossa ovalis
    • Safely gain access to left atrium post-puncture

  • Case Layout
    3 interactive cases
 
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Dr. Kwan Lee

University Chief of Clinical Cardiology

University of Arizona College of Medicine

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The ability to remotely introduce complications in real-time while trainees are performing a procedure on the Mentice simulator tremendously enhances the learning experience and brings simulation even closer to reality.

 

 

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