title: Perventricular closure on the beating heart: an effective hybrid approach in managing a postinfarction apical ventricular septal defect.
abstract: Postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction. Surgical repair of this type of VSD is associated with a high mortality rate. We present a technique of using perventricular closure for a postinfarction apical VSD without cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Eryong
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome