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Post-infarction ventricular septal defect repair: cardioplegic arrest vs. on-pump beating-heart strategy—ten years of experience

Background: Post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair is in general performed on a cardioplegic heart. An alternative concept is VSD repair on a beating heart. Aim of the study was to ...
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Analysis of the therapeutic effect of right mid-axillary approach in the surgical treatment of ASD and VSD in children.

To compare the therapeutic effects of right vertical infra-axillary thoracotomy (RVIAT) and Standard Median Sternotomy (SMS) in the repair of atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect ...
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Post-MI Ventricular Septal Defect Repair Strategies: Each Has Its Place for Now

Based on a few hundred cases, 5-year all-cause mortality was approximately 60% between patients assigned an initial management strategy of surgery and those undergoing percutaneous treatment (log-rank ...
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First in Man -- First Ever Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure and Atrial Septal Aneurysm (ASA) Repair Performed Without an Implantable Device Using the NobleStitch EL

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - March 10, 2016) - Dr. Niels Erik Nielsen, Director of Structural Heart Interventions at the Linkoping University Hospital in Linkoping Sweden, successfully performed ...