Successful repair of a traumatic ventricular septal defect using an amplatzer occluder guided by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) guided perventricular cardiac intervention has gained popularity in recent years. We present a special case of perventricular closure conducted for a traumatic apical muscular ventricular septal defect (mVSD) under the guidance of three-dimensional (3D) TEE with an Amplatzer mVSD occluder and further discuss the important role of 3D TEE in perventricular cardiac intervention.
Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Da
D
Zhu
Kai-Yu
KY
Tao
Bin
B
Liu
D000328:Adult; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*