with a small ventricular communication, to a large ventricular septal defect dominating the picture with mild obstruction. When the pulmonary stenosis is mild, whether the ventricular septal defect is small or large, a left-to-right shunt is always present, giving the clinical picture of a ventricular septal defect. On the other hand, if the stenosis is severe and the ventricular septal defect ...

OBJECTIVE The results of single-stage and 2-stage repair of coarctation of the aorta with ventricular septal defect have improved, but the optimal treatment strategy remains controversial. This study compares our results with these 2 approaches. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 46 patients, 23 with single-stage repair and 23 with 2-stage repair, who underwent completed surgica...

OBJECTIVES The starting hypothesis was that some perimembranous ventricular septal defects can be closed safely and effectively with a Bard Rashkind double umbrella introduced through a long transvenous sheath. DESIGN A descriptive study of all patients who underwent attempted transcatheter umbrella closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect. Those patients selected for the study h...

Twenty patients with ventricular septal defect and aortic regurgitation had surgical correction using cardiopulmonary bypass. Direct suture of the ventricular defect through the aorta and repair or replacement of the aortic valve were performed. Homograft replacement of the aortic valve was preferred to repair and was associated with less aortic regurgitation after operation. There were one ope...

A.A., a man aged 25 years, was found to have a cardiac murmur at the age of 8 years, but he had led a normal active life and has experienced no symptoms of cardiac origin. However, when examined in September, 1960, his heart was found to be moderately enlarged and there was evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy. An electrocardiogram showed a prolonged P-R interval, right bundle-branch block,...

A 2-month-old patient with transposition of the great arteries, a ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and severe hypoplasia of the right ventricle successfully underwent a biventricular repair utilizing the aortic translocation technique. Advantages of this surgical repair over the Rastelli procedure in the management of this complex congenital heart lesion are discussed.

The relation between the superior orientation of the QRS axis and the anatomical site of the defect in the ventricular septum in patients with a ventricular septal defect was studied. Of 1031 patients with a ventricular septal defect, 64 (6.2%) had a superior axis on their electrocardiogram. In 59% of these patients the defect was in the inlet portion of the ventricular septum or affected this ...

BACKGROUND In this study, we sought to analyze our experience in urgent surgical management for embolized cardiac septal and ductal occluder devices resulting from trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus in childhood patient group. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 9 patients (aged 2-15 years) who underwent urgent surgery due to...