Septal Leaflet versus Chordal Detachment in Closure of Hard-To-Expose Ventricular Septal Defects.
CONCLUSIONS: Tricuspid valve leaflet and chordal detachment techniques provide equally viable and safe alternative to closure of hard-to-expose VSDs while maintaining appropriate TV function. Their use in our series did not lead to increased TV dysfunction at early-to-midterm echocardiographic assessment.
PMID: 29626455 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Pourmoghadam KK, Boron A, Ruzmetov M, Narasimhulu SS, Kube A, O'Brien MC, DeCampli WM Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research
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