title: Transatrial approach to posterior postinfarct ventricular septal defects.
abstract: Repair of posterior postinfarct ventricular septal defects via the transinfarct left ventriculotomy is technically challenging and can be associated with significant morbidity. A transatrial approach avoids incising through the acutely infarcted myocardium and, in selected cases, offers a safe and reliable repair of these defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Kron
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans