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SUBMITTER: Parsons C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336984 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parsons Christopher C Zhao Chen B CB Huang Jiapeng J
Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 20200401 2
Treatment of postsurgical iatrogenic ventricular septal defects (VSDs) remains a challenge. Surgical closure is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A peripheral accessed percutaneous approach is faced with difficulties of gaining adequate access and complex positioning in a beating heart. We report a case of using a hybrid approach to treat iatrogenic VSD with surgical right atriotomy and delivery of an Amplatzer system under direct visualization and transesophageal echocardiogr ...[more]