INITIAL EXPERIENCE PERFORMING A SIMULATED TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE WITH A VIRTUAL REALITY HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY CATHETER NAVIGATION SYSTEM

Despite its harmful x-rays and planar imagery, fluoroscopy is still the standard method for visualizing catheters during transseptal puncture procedures. We aimed to develop a non-fluoroscopic, virtual reality (VR) head mounted display (HMD) catheter navigation system and perform initial validation