European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 17, 2005
European Heart Journal 2006 27(11):1330; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi541
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Trans-septal route may be hazardous
Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont Godinne, Service de Cardiologie, Av. Thérasse 1, Yvoir 5530, Belgium
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: deroy@card.ucl.ac.be
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Trans-septal approach has to be performed by trained cardiologists, and even after the obligatory learning curve it entails some risky complications. Sometimes the dilator