Journal article

Publication year: 2005

Pages: 592-594

Journal: The American Journal of Cardiology

Volume number: 96

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 0002-9149

eISSN: 1879-1913

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.04.026

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) complicate the arterial switch operation (ASO) in newborns with transposition of the great arteries because of prolonged cardiac arrest time and subsequent ventricular dysfunction. Three newborns with paramembranous, VSDs were successfully treated using the newly designed Amplatzer membranous VSD occluder during the ASO. The implantation of a 4-mm asymmetric Amplatzer device in 2 patients and an 8-mm device in the third resulted in the complete occlusion of the septal defects. The cardiac arrest time for anatomic repair might be effectively reduced by this new approach in pediatric cardiac surgery. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Harvard Citation style: Akintuerk, H., Michel-Behnke, I., Bartram, U., Müller, M., Bauer, J. and Schranz, D. (2005) Arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries combined with closure of paramembranous ventricular septal defect using the amplatzer membranous ventricular septal occluder, The American Journal of Cardiology, 96(4), pp. 592-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.04.026

APA Citation style: Akintuerk, H., Michel-Behnke, I., Bartram, U., Müller, M., Bauer, J., & Schranz, D. (2005). Arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries combined with closure of paramembranous ventricular septal defect using the amplatzer membranous ventricular septal occluder. The American Journal of Cardiology. 96(4), 592-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.04.026