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Fenestration closure in a calcified ventricular septal defect patch
Shahzad G Raja1, Iryna Atamanyuk, Ragini B Pandey
1Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK. drrajashahzad@hotmail.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|December 14, 2011
Abstract:
Ventricular septal defect closure with a fenestrated patch is a recognized rescue maneuver to decrease the risk of right ventricular failure after complete repair in patients with pulmonary atresia. If the fenestration needs surgical closure, severe calcification of the patch may make it extremely difficult. We describe the closure of such a defect in a 6-year-old boy, using a double Dacron patch sandwich.
