Modified approach to close multiple apical ventricular septal defects.
The fish-mouth incision of the left ventricular apex is the established incision to access and close apical ventricular septum defect. A long diagonal branch may render this incision dangerous. In such a case, we performed a more anterior incision on the left ventricle, and fashioned a patch to exclude the whole defective area.
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Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland. rene.pretre@chi.usz.ch
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant