title: Muscular ventricular septal defect in a newborn with truncus arteriosus communis: perventricular transcatheter closure under echocardiographic guidance only, a case report.
abstract: We report a case of a 3.5-kg newborn presenting with a muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD) in the setting of truncus arteriosus communis (common arterial trunk). Reparative surgery using a hybrid approach included perventricular closure of the muscular VSD on the beating heart.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Germany elhmidi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Elhmidi
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Germany.
authors.forename: Juergen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoerer
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Germany DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
keywords: congenital heart disease; device; ventricular septal defect