By Nabil Dib, Dib UltraNav Medical
The Dib UltraNav Transseptal Catheter System [Photo courtsy of Dib UltraNav Medical]
Cardiologists conducted approximately 375,000 transseptal left heart procedures for closures, valvuloplasty, repairs, septostomies, and electrophysiology in 2021. It is estimated that around 900,000 transseptal heart procedures will be performed in 2025.The significant rise in procedure volume presents both challenges and opportunities.
The challenges include a correlated rise in procedural complications. Even though the percentage of procedures with complications is overall very low — 1-2% of procedures involving transesophageal echo (TEE), for example, result in unintended perforations — the rapid…