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

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

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, reports remain scarce regarding combined perventricular closure of VSD and atrial septal defects (ASD) via minimally invasive approaches, such as lower ministernotomy. Results The authors have operated on 5 patients who were diagnosed with VSD in association with ASD, successfully realizing perventricular closure via lower ministernotomy. Conclusion The proposed technique proved to be safe and effective.