Closure of aortopulmonary septal defect

Congenital Aortopulmonary Septal Defect

T HE MANAGEMENT of patients with congenital communications between the ascending aorta and the main pulmonary artery is a challenging problem, not only in the establishment of the correct diagnosis preoperatively, but in subsequent surgical treatment as well. Although often described as a rare malformation, aortopulmonary septal defect will probably be encountered in any large group of patients...

Aortopulmonary septal defect due to staphylococcal endocarditis.

In the Child Chest Clinic of the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, 300 teenagers (13 through 19 years of age) were questioned as to their smoking habits, and 127 (42 percent) admitted the smoking habit. Among a control group chosen as a random sample from three local high schools and one junior high school in which students are, in general, of a similar socioeconomic background, 32 percent...

Surgical closure of an aortic septal defect.

[Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect].

Isolated secundum atrial septal defect is one of the most common congenital heart defects. Surgical closure is the treatment of choice but is associated with a chest scar, some morbidity and a relatively long recovery and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect is therefore an attractive approach. 3 children, aged 5-10 years, underwent successfu...

Spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defect.

One thousand sixty-six patients with ventricular septal defect were followed. Spontaneous closure occurred in 71%, whereas 5% needed operative closure and 2.3% died.