title: Improved exposure of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defects.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre, Calcutta, India. lkapoor@vsnl.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bandyhopadhyay
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery