Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect in a Newborn With Truncus Arteriosus Communis: Perventricular Transcatheter Closure Under Echocardiographic Guidance Only, a Case Report

Yacine Elhmidi, Juergen Hoerer, Rüdiger Lange, Christian Schreiber

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Abstract

We report a case of a 3.5-kg newborn presenting with a muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD) in the setting of truncus arteriosus communis (common arterial trunk). Reparative surgery using a hybrid approach included perventricular closure of the muscular VSD on the beating heart.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)589-591
Number of pages3
JournalWorld Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2014

Keywords

  • congenital heart disease
  • device
  • ventricular septal defect

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