Transatrial repair of ventricular septal defect subsequent to myocardial infarction.
We describe successful transatrial repair of a ventricular septal defect occurring secondary to myocardial infarction. This approach avoids the need for ventriculotomy and may be technically simpler and safer than repair across the zone of infarction in a subset of patients with posterior defects and right ventricular dysfunction who survive the early period subsequent to their infarct.
Cardiac Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
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Bashir
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Ormerod
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Westaby
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery