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1: Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2003 Sep;11(3):213-6.Click here to read Links

Primary surgical repair of ventricular septal defect.

Demirag MK, Keçeligil HT, Kolbakir F.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey.

Between January 1983 and December 2000, 78 patients underwent primary repair of a ventricular septal defect. There were 42 males (54%) and 36 females (46%) of whom 13 (17%) were under 1 year old, 50 (64%) were aged 1-10 years, 11 (14%) were aged 10-20 years, and 4 (5%) were over 20 years old. The ventricular septal defect was a perimembranous type in 60 patients (77%), subarterial (outlet) type in 10 (13%), and atrioventricular canal (inlet) type in 4 (5%). Operative repair was performed with a patch in all except 2 patients. Early postoperative complications included insignificant aortic regurgitation in 4 patients, persistent complete heart block in 1, and residual shunt in 4. There were 5 early deaths (6.4%) and 1 late death (1.8%) in 56 patients followed up. Early primary closure of ventricular septal defects, usually via a right atriotomy, can be performed with acceptable mortality and morbidity rates.

PMID: 14514550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]