Surgical closure of an apical ventricular septal defect through a septal ventriculotomy

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Apr;53(4):202-5. doi: 10.1007/s11748-005-0106-7.

Abstract

Here we report a 3-year and 7-month-old boy with a muscular ventricular septal defect at the apex. At age 7 months, pulmonary artery banding was performed. Surgical treatment consisted of double patch closure via septal ventriculotomy and a main pulmonary artery plasty by an end-to-end anastomosis with cardiopulmonary bypass. There was no residual leak of the ventricular septal defect or ventricular aneurysm and the postoperative course was good. This technique could be a useful surgical option for repair of apical muscular ventricular septal defects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / pathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Ultrasonography