title: Perventricular device closure of ventricular septal defect using a video-assisted thoracoscopic approach.
abstract: We describe a new technique of perventricular closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect on a beating heart using transesophageal echocardiography guidance and video-assisted thoracoscopy. Ventricular septal defects were closed successfully, and no shunts, rhythm disorders, or valve incompetence developed during the short hospital stay. This procedure is safe and effective for selected patients. These early and mid-term results encourage further evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation. Electronic address: a.y.omelchenko@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Alexander Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Omelchenko
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Zaitsev
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Yuriy N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Gorbatykh
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Timur S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Khapaev
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Oksana Y
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Malakhova
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexey N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Arkhipov
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center, Academician E.N. Meshalkin State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Karaskov
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors