Combined perventricular closure of ventricular septal defect and atrial septal defect via lower ministernotomy

Abstract Background Minimally invasive approaches such as perventricular closure of ventricular septal defects (VSD) have been applied for the surgical correction of congenital heart defects in order to avoid disadvantages related to median sternotomy with a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). However, re...

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Main Authors: Yunfei Ling, Yue Wang, Qiang Fan, Yongjun Qian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-018-0815-5