title: Hybrid technique for muscular ventricular septal defect closure.
abstract: Since 2008 we have performed 10 hybrid procedures for perventricular muscular ventricular septal defects (mVSD) closure. The mean age was 8.5 months (range 2.7 to 17.8), the mean diameter of mVSD was 6.3 mm (range 4 to 10 mm). The postoperative course was uncomplicated and complete closure of the mVSD was accomplished in all patients. There was neither in-hospital nor late mortality, and the longest follow-up now exceeds three years (range 2 months to 3.1 years).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Mikolaj Kopernik Pomeranian Centre of Traumatology, Gdansk, Poland. ireneusz_haponiuk@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Ireneusz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Haponiuk
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chojnicki
authors.forename: Radoslaw
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaworski
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steffens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome