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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Dai Kawashima1, Satoru Maeba1, Masahiro Saito1
11 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
Postinfarction ventricular septal rupture, a severe heart attack complication, was successfully closed without ventriculotomy. This novel approach utilized the tricuspid valve, avoiding surgical impairment of the ventricle.
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