title: Transatrial repair of ventricular septal rupture under preoperative localization by transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: We report about a 71-year-old woman with postinfarction ventricular septal rupture who was successfully treated by the transatrial closure under preoperative localization by transesophageal echocardiography. In an attempt at transatrial repair of the ventricular septal rupture, the most important thing is preoperative localization of the defect in the septum, which is located high and posterior, where it is smooth with relatively few trabeculations and can be readily exposed by retraction of the tricuspid valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Mie Chuo Hospital, 2158-5 Myojincho, Hisai, Mie 514-1101, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morimoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*