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Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): An Intervention Sequence
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Double-line closure of anterior postinfarction ventricular septal perforation
Masaki Hamamoto1, Daisuke Futagami
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Onomichi General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. cardiovascsurgeon@gmail.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|April 14, 2012
Abstract:
We describe a modified patch closure technique for repairing subacute anterior ventricular septal perforation. Through a left ventriculotomy, a larger double-layered planar patch is secured with double suture lines to close the defect and cover the ventricular septum. This modification is simple and easy, and may help to avoid a residual shunt.
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