Improved exposure of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defects

We describe an alternative step in the transatrial approach to the repair of ventricular septal defects. We temporarily detach the chorda of the obscuring tricuspid valve from its attachment to the septum to expose the ventricular septal defect.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2000-01, Vol.69 (1), p.291-292
Hauptverfasser:	Kapoor, Lalit, Gan, Mohan Dattatrya, Bandyhopadhyay, Ashok, Das, Mrinal Bandhu, Chatterjee, Srirup
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Chordae Tendineae - surgery Heart Atria - surgery Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery Humans Medical sciences Prosthesis Implantation Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Suture Techniques Tetralogy of Fallot - surgery Tricuspid Valve - surgery Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe an alternative step in the transatrial approach to the repair of ventricular septal defects. We temporarily detach the chorda of the obscuring tricuspid valve from its attachment to the septum to expose the ventricular septal defect.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01224-2