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. 2000 Jan;69(1):291-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01224-2.

Improved exposure of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defects

L Kapoor  1 , M D Gan, A Bandyhopadhyay, M B Das, S Chatterjee
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Improved exposure of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defects

L Kapoor et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Jan.

Abstract

We describe an alternative step in the transatrial approach to the repair of ventricular septal defects. We temporarily detach the chorda of the obscuring tricuspid valve from its attachment to the septum to expose the ventricular septal defect.

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