title: Muscular ventricular septal defect repair made easy.
abstract: Correction of the unique problem of congenital muscular ventricular septal defects is facilitated by approaching through an incision in the apex of the left ventricle parallel to the septum. This incision seems to be well tolerated by the heart, as borne out by our experience and that of others.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods