title: Anatomical exposure of ventricular septal defect.
abstract: The ventricular septal defect approached through the right atrium is associated with inadequate exposure and thus difficulty in its closure. The retraction, to expose the defect, leads to distortion of anatomy and a limitation of space to operate. We propose a simple procedure of retracting sutures to expose the defect without this limitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India.
authors.forename: Shantanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Gauranga
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Surendra Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kale
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007223:Infant; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery